Case study on low cost airlines (RYANAIR) Preliminary questions: 1. What are your first impressions regarding Ryanair? 2. How would you characterize its marketing strategy? Ryanair (ISEQ: RYA‚ LSE: RYA‚ NASDAQ: RYAAY) is an Irish low cost airline‚ with headquarters at Dublin Airport and its largest operational bases at Dublin Airport and London Stansted Airport. Ryanair operates 182 aircraft on 729 routes across Europe and North Africa from its 31 bases.[1] The airline has been characterised
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Assessment of Ryanair’s launch strategy One possible reason why Ryanair chose to enter the Dublin-London route is because the route was reputed to be quite lucrative for both Aer Lingus and BA. It is easy to see why this route is lucrative because the least expensive fare for both carriers were priced at I£208 but operating expenses per passenger was only I£155.1. Ryanair’s publicized fare of only I£98 will help it to attract more passengers than both carriers given that it cost only half the
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Task A- Introduction Ryanair Europe ’s Leading Low Fares Airline is an Irish airline with headquarters in Dublin and its biggest operational base at London Stansted Airport in the UK. It is Europe ’s largest low-cost carrier. As of 31 July 2007‚ Ryanair operates 516 routes across 26 countries from 26 bases. Ryanair has been characterised by rapid expansion‚ a result of the deregulation of the air industry in Europe in 1997. Ryanair is the third largest airline in Europe in terms of passenger numbers
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features(such as reliability‚ clarity of fees‚ availability of fares‚ on-board comfort‚ service‚ etc.) under control‚ which Ryanair cannot handle in various ways‚ resulting in negative thoughts of customers about this company. 3.2 Related problems: Ryanair accumulates ‘hidden’ taxes and other fees‚ restricted customer services‚ and deceiving advertisements. Ryanair imposes charges for anything from checking bags into the hold‚ up to £40‚ to changing the name on your ticket‚ for £110
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What do your overall assessment of Ryanair’s strategy? Although the strategy of Ryanair seems sound‚ I don’t expect it to succeed on the Dublin-London route. By matching service and amenities but pricing well below Air Lingus and BA‚ Ryanair stands to steal customers up to capacity of it’s 44-seat turboprop 4 times a day. This loss of customers‚ though small at this point‚ could likely elicit a strong response from both AL and BA. The Dublin-London route represents one of the few lucrative routes
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Ryanair Internal analysis Resources and capabilities In 2006 Ryanair was in ownership of a total of 103 Boeing 737 aircraft‚ and also a set order to increase this number by 138 in the next six years. Currently its fleet flies out from 127 destinations. Ryanair replaced its old fleet with new more efficient and environmentally friendly aircraft and has the youngest fleet of any major airline with an age of just 2.4 years. The new aircraft were effective in increasing efficiency as there was no
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Ryanair’s Corporate Strategy Executive Summary Ryanair was founded in 1985 as a family business that originally provided full service conventional scheduled airline services between Ireland and the UK. The airline started to compete within the confines of the existing industry by trying to steal customers from their rivals‚ especially the state monopoly carrier Air Lingus‚ outlined by Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne (2004) as “Bloody or Red Ocean Strategy”. Ryanair seemed to follow a “me-too strategy”; according
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Karen Leary Case – Philipp Loebermann Table of content: 1. Significant problem 2. Author´s point of view 3. Justification of the author´s point of view Significant problem Looking at cultural norms‚ Chung really operated under the established norms for Taiwanese culture. Chung was trying to build up a good relationship with the Taiwanese clients – to do so he tried to use some of the Chinese management principles: * Paternalism * Particularism * Insecurity In addition
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case of Karen Leary and Ted Chung is the fact that Karen Leary failed to fully educate herself on the fundamental aspects of Taiwanese culture and communication when seeking to develop the Taiwanese market by hiring a Taiwanese financial consultant. Culture‚ according to the text‚ is a set of beliefs and values about what is desirable and undesirable in a community of people‚ and a set of informal and formal practices to support the values. After interviewing Chung eight times‚ Leary noted that she
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Ryanair was established by the Ryan family with a staff of 25. Its first route was launched in 1985 with a 15-seat aircraft ferrying passengers between Waterford in Ireland and London. In 1986‚ Ryanair launched its route from Dublin to London to challenge British Airways and Aer Lingus‚ the two dominant airline carriers on that route‚ by offering fares at lower prices. With two routes in operation‚ Ryanair carried 82‚000 passengers in its first full year of operation. By 1993 Ryanair has carried
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