JET BLUE AND WESTJET: A tale of two IS projects 1. How important is the reservation systems at airlines such as WestJet and JetBlue. How does it impact operational activities and decision making? Over the past years‚ customers have been heavily relying on airline reservation systems to book their tickets‚ reserve seats‚ pay for the tickets and also check-in online. For customers‚ this has been a very convenient method and they are able to easily plan their trips. For the Airline companies
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employees and has been repeatedly ranked as number one in customer service among low-cost carriers by J.D. Power & Associates. As of December 31‚ 2010 the company operates over 650 flights daily‚ servicing 63 destinations in 21 states‚ including Puerto Rico‚ and eleven countries in the Caribbean and Latin America. The JetBlue’s goal from inception was to distinguish itself as a low-fare‚ low-cost passenger airline‚ offering high-quality customer service and a differentiated product. JetBlue focused on
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Derivatives Soluion: Application for Financial Futures Case Solution for ’Peoples Federal Savings Bank ’ 1. Should Peoples Federal Savings have hedged its September 1 savings certificate rollover? Yes. The reasons are explained as below: Peoples had accumulated assets of $556m. These assets were funded by short term consumer deposits‚ consisting largely of 3-month fixed rate savings certificates. These savings certificates were highly affected by interest rate fluctuations. The long term loans
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during the last decade. In Exhibit 3 you will find a SWOT analysis‚ which summarizes strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities and threats that JetBlue will have to address. JetBlue’s key strength and its competitive edge‚ currently lies in product and customer service
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Running head: JET BLUE ANALYSIS Jet Blue Analysis BUS 630 Assignment WK 3 Jet Blue Analysis Jet Blue is now a major U.S. airline that has established itself as a leading low-fare‚ low cost passenger airline by offering customers high quality customer service and a differentiated product according to Jet Blue 10-K/A pg . Their steps to achieve their goals in the market place are to stimulate demand with low fares. Jet Blue offers a wide variety of low fares that target those leisure travelers
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Jet Blue Airways DeVonne Boler Christina Brown Terrel Davis I. Problem Statement Jet Blue Airways owner‚ David Neeleman‚ understands the difficulty that comes with trying to break into the airline industry. Being as though the airline industry is expensive‚ will David Neeleman be able to start an airline that has low ticket costs‚ technology driven‚ and customer friendly atmosphere while still competing with other airlines? II. Analysis Jet Blue Airways was first introduced in 1998 five
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Issues faced by Jet Blue 1 A. Some of the significant issues Jet Blue faced on February 14‚ 2007 were due to an unexpected ice storm that grounded over 39% of the scheduled flights over a course of three days. Because Jet Blue’s services are intangible‚ it was hard for the company to make up for the flight cancellations. Also‚ the services that Jet Blue offers such as flights are perishable. Therefore‚ all profits from cancelled flights were lost. Another issue faced by Jet Blue was the communication
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Case 3: Jet Blue 1. What are key forces in the general and industry environments that affect JetBlue’s choice of strategy? Key forces that affect JetBlue’s choice are‚ for the low-cost airline industry‚ new entrants with more commercial experience might be the central issue. Sometimes‚ global forces are driving the way competitiveness is established in the low-cost airline industry such as the rising oil prices which are forcing some of the airlines to increase their charges. Understanding
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absorbed by the airline • Price of fuel- Along with the price of unleaded gasoline‚ the price of jet fuel has also sky rocketed I believe that JetBlue is one of the few airlines that have continued to earn a profit while maintaining/increasing its customer following. The company is doing everything that it needs to do to stick to its mission of reduced cost flying and passing that savings on to the customer. The only recommendation that I could give to JetBlue would be to spend time on researching
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work. Some say Neeleman was successful by “sheer force of his personality” (Kreitner‚ 2005‚ p. 378). Neeleman’s primary power base of reference as can be seen in the way airline employees view him. Tom Krizek‚ JetBlue pilot‚ said‚ "I would walk through a burning building for him" (Salter‚ 2004 ¶1). Surprisingly‚ this was said after meeting Neeleman only a few hours before. Neeleman has more than just the power of his personality‚ though. His experience and knowledge of the airline industry was
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