20052982 MGMT 3110 L1 Case Report: Southwest Airlines What is SWA’s competitive strategy? What does it take to execute the competitive strategy? The SWA has adopted ‘Cost Leadership’ as its competitive advantage. And it has achieved low cost through numerous ways. To commence with‚ the Southwest workforce routinely turn around an aircraft in only 15 minutes and its gates are manned by a single agent and have a ground crew of six or fewer‚ which are much lower than other airlines. In other words‚ the
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Airline Industry Analysis Page 1 of 15 Memorandum Date: Subject: To: From: July 13‚ 2009 Airline Industry Analysis Dr. Matt Ford Adam Brown‚ Radmila Gogzheyan‚ Greg Huwel‚ Marie Meininger‚ Josh Riedel‚ Christina Ryan Introduction The following is an analysis of the airline industry. Using collected information and Porter’s “Five Forces” model‚ we will provide information about the attractiveness of the airline industry and provide a recommendation based on that information. Industry Background
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JETBLUE AIRLINES OCTOBER 2006 JetBlue started their business in a positive approach‚ by ensuring the main elements were in place prior to starting operations. Compared to JetBlue ’s counterparts that started up their airlines in the 1980 ’s and 1990 ’s‚ JetBlue began with a highly experienced senior management team‚ dedicated core values‚ and plenty of capital to ride out the low times. JetBlue ’s strengths and opportunities compared to the industry are: Strength & Opportunities:
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Identify Current Strategy Southwest Airlines Co. is a major domestic air carrier that is "the world ’s only short-haul‚ high-frequency‚ low-fare‚ point-to-point carrier" according to the President and CEO Herb Kelleher. Southwest has always been able to quickly seize any strategic opportunities whenever they arise. Southwest is the only company to ever hold the Triple Crown for annual performance. Some of the key factors that contribute to Southwest ’s success are its conservative growth pattern
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This paper briefly described what the airline industry included and the environment of the competitive market. Air transport has been a big industry. And the airline industry is consistent developing. After the crisis‚ although the airline industry has been hit ‚ the industry is also one of the vital industries. The industry is facing the deman problem. When facing a growth in demand‚ airlines tend to respond more by means of increasing frequencies than by increasing aircraft size(Moshe
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Hub of the World Emirates is one of the fastest-growing and most profitable airlines in the world. Yet the secret of its success is largely unknown outside the Arab world. Donald N. Sull‚ Sumantra Ghoshal and Felipe Monteiro unveil some of the mystery that shrouds a national carrier that enjoys no state handouts – and treats its employees as a giant family. The ess than two decades after its foundation‚ Emirates placed the biggest order in civil aviation history‚ for $19 billion worth of
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AEA 11‚5 9‚4 8‚3 TK 26‚6 35‚3 29‚9 2009 AEA -5‚8 -4‚2 -4‚5 TK 15‚8 15‚2 19‚0 2010 PAX Middle East 2007 4‚1 4‚2 5‚1 15‚5 11‚6 13‚8 -1‚7 3‚0 1‚2 12‚3 19‚7 24‚3 AEA TK AEA TK 2008 2009 AEA TK 2010 PAX Source: AEA= Association of European Airlines (Scheduled Traffic) AEA 7‚6 12‚6 6‚1 14‚0 13‚6 15‚7 8‚2 0‚8 3‚8 TK ASK 2‚7 0‚0 2‚6 8‚9 1H’11 22‚0 17‚4 AEA RPK AEA TK AEA -10 20 9‚9 11‚8 9‚2 30 11‚7 17‚4 18‚0 50 ASK 1H’11 RPK 9‚0 10‚4 9‚1 10 20 30 -10 0
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AirTran poses many obstacles for SWA’s sales strategy. The acquisition will threaten the pricing structure of SWA. It will give them the opportunity to raise its fair‚ as there is less competition in the Northeast (where AirTran serves) and major airlines have paired off leaving only five major players (Huffington post‚ 2010). Further promoting a fare increase is SWA’s refusal to charge for baggage. Although‚ this is a great sales tactic‚ it provides no source of revenue‚ resulting in a fare increase
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entry DA is one of the oldest airlines in the United States‚ however‚ there are still threats from new entrants in the market because low-cost carriers (LCC) definitely going to affect the pricing strategy of DA. In contrast‚ DA has brand loyalty due to its long history of operation. Moreover‚ the entry barriers are still high due to the operating cost such as aircraft‚ airport cost‚ maintenance‚ route licenses‚ and taxations. The threat of substitution Since the airline industry is serving passengers
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flourishing financial success and the ability to triumph over competitors‚ while maintaining a prestigious reputation by operating socially responsibly‚ collaborating with other multinational companies and the sponsorship of events evinces Emirates airline unequivocally has one of the best marketing strategies in the industry today. In addition‚ more effective research is being utilised by the company to improve knowledge regarding consumer and competitor behaviour‚ as well as internal organisational
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