Pooja Rathan Marilyn R. Kaplan‚ Ph.D. Strategic Management 6 March 2013 Comparative Analysis: JetBlue VS Southwest This case is a report that compares the financials of two well-known firms in the airline industry‚ JetBlue and Southwest. JetBlue Airways Corp was established in the year 1998 with a vision of being a leading cost efficient passenger airline with competitive‚ low rates. The company has been working toward a goal of growing sustainably while also maintaining efficient liquidity
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Mission of Jet Blue Airlines Customer Bill of Rights Jet Blue does not have a mission statement in the traditional sense. What they do have however is a customer Bill of Rights that is referenced multiple times in their 2012 Annual Report “JetBlue Airways is dedicated to bringing humanity back to air travel. We strive to make every part of your experience as simple and as pleasant as possible. Unfortunately‚ there are times when things do not go as planned. If you ’re inconvenienced as a result
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Introduction JetBlue Airways Corporation‚ or JetBlue‚ is New York’s Hometown Airline. The airline was‚ incorporated in‚ 1998‚ is a passenger carrier company. The Company operates various kinds of aircrafts‚ including Airbus A321‚ Airbus A320 and Embraer E190‚ providing air transportation services across the United States‚ the Caribbean and Latin America. JetBlue is the sixth largest passenger carrier in the U.S. (ref). The airline’s business model places emphasis on product and culture differentiation
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Individual Case Analysis JetBlue Headquarters‚ Forest Hills‚ New York. Summary Statement JetBlue Airways‚ an American low-cost airline‚ headquartered in Forest Hills‚ New York started flying out of John F. Kennedy Airport in February of 2000.JetBlue started by following Southwest’s approach of offering low-cost travel‚ setting themselves apart from their competitor’s through the amenities they offer like in-flight entertainment‚ flat-screen TV’s on each seat‚ live digital satellite radio
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04-78-651-03 Business Strategy Case Analysis: JetBlue Airways: Managing Growth Major issue JetBlue‚ already a successful airline company‚ is considering a proper way to allocate its existing resources between the long-haul and short-haul routes in order to control or even reduce the costs within its capability. To be specific‚ how to reduce costs across E190 and A320 without damaging the stakeholders’ interests
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involved with the human resources part of business‚ which is described here from Mondy (2008). HUMAN RESOURCE STRATEGIES‚ POLICIES & PRACTICES 3 JetBlue Airways: Starting from Scratch In review of the case study of a newly developed start-up airline‚ JetBlue Airways (2001)‚ it describes how the founder‚ David Neeleman‚ solicited and secured the necessary capital and experienced management‚ critical to establishing and growing a business in
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Blue Business Analysis Introduction JetBlue Airways Corporation has established itself as a low-fare passenger airline with a differentiated product and a high-quality customer service. They focus on serving underserved markets and large metropolitan areas that have high average fares. They offer both short-haul and long-haul routes that are point-to-point rather than the ’hub and spoke" route system that has been adopted by most major U.S. airlines. JetBlue was incorporated in Delaware in August
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Running Header: JetBlue Airways IPO Valuation JetBlue Airways IPO Valuation Borislav Belenov‚ Wade Brashear‚ Jamie Clausen‚ Paul Collier‚ Nicole Hagan and Melissa Lein Managerial Finance Chadron State College Professor Steve Stoner May 2009 David Neeleman is the founder of JetBlue Airways‚ which began under the name of “New Air” in 1999. Many JetBlue executives were previously employed by Southwest Airlines‚ a competitor in the area of low cost travel. However‚ Mr. Neeleman’s vision was
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Hofstede’s Model Geert Hofstede developed a cultural dimension model that explains the five categories of positions between national cultures. The five dimensions pertaining to this model include: individualism‚ materialism‚ time orientation‚ deference to authority and uncertainty avoidance. Hofstede’s research is still practiced today but has undergone some changes since it was first introduced due to cultural and economic modifications during past years. To understand this model the five
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and provide lower average fares. However‚ not all LCCs are profitable‚ only the market-leading operators are able to produce a consistent level returns above their cost of capital. With the disappearance of two major LCCs: Go (subsidiary of British Airways) and Buss (subsidiary of KLM Airlines) and others in the US (80%-85%) and Europe (60%) (Taneja‚ 2003)‚ many issues have been identified for the failure of LCCs. The question at this point is what the future of LCCs and what competitive strategy could
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