Case study 2.5 –Ryan air: Flying High in a competitive Atmosphere 1. How important is the role of operation in achieving competitive advantage at Ryanair? Ryanair competitive advantage is based on cost leadership strategy‚ maintaining the lowest prices among low-cost airlines (Haberberg and Rieple‚ 2008). In 2011‚ Ryanair became the most profitable low cost carrier in the world (www.ryanair.com). How operations support competitive advantage of Ryanair is measured by five performance objectives:
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1 Table of Contents I. Ryanair Profile ...................................................................................................................................... 3 II. External Analysis.................................................................................................................................. 5 2.1. Porter’s five forces ........................................................................................................................ 5 2.2. PESTLE Analysis
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The geographic location: Ryan air has 73 operating bases‚ with major operations in secondary airports across airport. This is an important valuable resource because airports which are not usual travel destinations are always potential business opportunities thus Ryanair which has bases in many primary and secondary airports has more negotiating power with these airports when discussing slots‚ fees terms and marketing & training support for as long as 20 years with the airports. Thus operating in
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The Ansoff product-market matrix presents 4 different growth strategies – market penetration‚ market development‚ product development and product diversification.. Igor Ansoff was a Russian/American mathematician who applied his work to the world of business. His most famous work is the Ansoff Matrix. The purpose of this matrix is to help managers consider how to grow their business through existing or new products
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Ryanair and Marketing Strategy: Segmentation Introduction Ryanair was established by the Ryan family with a capital share of just £1‚ and a staff of 25. The company launched its first route in July with daily flights on a 15-seater Bandeirante aircraft‚ which operate daily from Waterford in the southeast of Ireland to London Gatwick. In order to operate in the tiny cabin of the aircraft‚ the first cabin crew of Ryanairs is less than 5ft. 2 ins. tall (Ryanair‚ n.d.). Ryanair
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------------------------------------------------- What do people think of RyanAir? Consumer Behavior ------------------------------------------------- Date: October 15th 2012 ------------------------------------------------- Table of contents Introduction 3 The research design 4 Sample description 4 Method for interviewing 4 Research structure 4 Step 1: Collect pictures 5 Step 2: Interview method 5 Step 3: Concept map 5 Step 4: Combined concept map 5 Step 5: Consensus
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Ansoff Matrix of Virgin Groups‚ McDonald’s and eBay Introduction Ansoff Matrix was introduced by Igor Ansoff‚ a Russian-born pioneer of strategic management and corporate planning. He was also the strategist who first identified the fact that competitive advantage in the market was vital in the element of planning process (2001). Ansoff matrix helps to define two vital factors for marketing: what is sold and who it is sold to. Therefore‚ it pertains on the products
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| Products | | Existing | New | Markets | Existing | Market Penetration | Product Development | | | *Development of more apps (22)(23)*Geographically net sale increased 2010 in (America ‚Europe‚Japan ‚Asia specific) –(iPhone) – (Financial Table 3.4 & 3.5) (21)*Net Sales - increased by Product in 2010 – (Financial Table 3.4 & 3.5) (21) | *Apple pricing decoy(27)*Apple & Microsoft joint force(28)*Apple pushed iPhone for business(29) | | New | Market Development | Diversification
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Southwest Airlines: The AirTran Acquisition Executive Summary 1. After the deregulation of the US Airline industry in 1978‚ the barriers to entry within the industry came down significantly and many Low Cost Carriers emerged overtime. 2. The emergence of rival Low Cost Carriers and the improvement in the Operation Efficiencies of Full Cost Carriers progressively eroded Southwest’s competitive advantage. 3. A closer look at AirTran’s value chain and its resultant efficiency shows
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Gross profit margin = (gross profit/sales revenue) × 100 Gross profit margin ratios of BA and Ryan air is shown below: It can be seen from above table that Ryan air performed well compared to BA. Though the values over three years slightly fluctuate but they were generating good profitability by improving their sales and proper balancing and control of fuel costs which has almost rise
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