Introduction: Kenya Airways Ltd is the national carrier of Kenya. The company was established in 1977‚ after the dissolution of East African Airways. It was privatized in 1992‚ and it is publicly listed I in the National Security Exchange. The problem: Kenya airway has been experiencing low passenger numbers that has resulted to it making losses over the recent few years. This financial year‚ it posted a net loss of ksh 7.8 billion. It started experiencing this problem 3-4 years ago. This
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Running Head: Rising Fuel Costs and the Airline Industry Rising Fuel Costs and the Airline Industry Of all the changes that we have seen in the economy‚ fuel has to be at the top of the list as an item whose pricing affects more than just the price we see at the pump. In addition to increased prices at the gas pump‚ we have also seen products‚ services‚ and virtually every item sold increase due to the high cost of fuel. Although fuel prices have dropped today versus what they were in
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Jet Airways.com Jet Airways and Etihad Airways are proud to announce the conclusion of the transaction for the subscription of 24 per cent minority equity stake in Jet Airways. This follows all government and regulatory approvals received on the 12th of November 2013. The infusion of foreign direct investment in the Indian aviation sector will result in economies of scale‚ growth in traffic at Indian airports and will create job opportunities across the aviation and tourism sectors. It will greatly
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QATAR AIRWAYS Introduction: Qatar Airways is the national airline of the State of Qatar. It is considered as one of the major leading airlines in the world today. Qatar Airways began its operations in 1994‚ but only as a small low cost airline. Due to the guidance and wishes of The Emir of Qatar‚ Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani‚ Qatar Airways was re-launched in 1997 with a vision of making it into an International Airline with excellent standards of service. From then on Qatar Airways has become
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/Jan-13/2 PART 1 On Wednesday 09th January 2013‚ Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker announced that the first commercial flight using the new Jet Fuel (GTL-Gas to Liquid) would fly from Doha to London. (http://www.qatarairways.com/english_global/pressrelease.page?pr_id=pressrelease_pressrelease_20130109) These words came from a man who had taken Qatar airways from a fleet of 4 aircrafts in 1997 to one of the fastest growing airlines in the world. In 2011 it reached 2 milestones‚ one of expanding
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Center Parcs 25 years Write a report which explores how the current competitive and pricing strategies of Centre Parcs are a product of their external and competitive environment and to consider whether the strategies of Centre Parcs align with the expectations of responsible leadership that students have voiced. 4/5/2010 Introduction Throughout this semester we have been looking at the external and competitive enviroment of businesses. Looking at contemporary issues and aiming to
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The Left Digit Effect in Pricing Strategy: $19.99 Because $20 is Too Much! Have you ever come across price tags that have 9 endings? Have you ever bought those merchandise with 9 endings thinking that was the best deal and ended up with an enormous bill? Do you notice that the 9 endings are usually printed in a much smaller size than the digits on the left? This is a result of a psychological concept called “The Left Digit Effect” in which people tend to pay more attention to the left-most digits
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Analysis of Market Structures and Pricing Strategies The markets today are so complex and deal with so many variables it can be difficult to understand just exactly how they operate. In the following I will reveal the different kinds of market structures along with their different pricing strategies. Relating to these topics‚ I will focus on the importance of cost‚ competition and customer. 1. Analysis of different market Structures Different
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 THE PROPOSAL An Investigation into Easy Jet airlines customer satisfaction‚ as a result of their strategic low cost carrier business model‚ of implementing budget pricing and ancillary services to increase profitability and market competitiveness. 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 AIRLINE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION "Being on par in terms of price and quality only gets you into the game. Service and customer
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Best Practice Companies: Training in the Airline Industry Introduction: After September 11th‚ there was a great deal of turmoil in the airline industry as a tremendous amount of money was needed to be allocated toward other things such as security enhancements. As a result‚ most airlines cut back costs in other departments‚ especially in the department of training. However‚ some airlines deemed training their employees effectively to be pertinent to their development‚ and thus decided to enhance
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