senior IT leadership stated that IT was critical success factor that would help WestJet to sustain its growth and succeed in the long term. They agreed that a transformation plan was necessary. Smith and the IT leadership understood that an increase in IT system functionality would increase revenue and would give business units confidence through transparency in operations and quick responses. The changes would help WestJet to expand regionally and internationally. Smith and IT leadership knew for
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SYNOPSIS This case illustrates the success that JetBlue Airline has achieved since founded in 1999‚ though it had trouble in 2007 during Valentine´s day and a few more‚ it managed to overcome the issue and become one of the most known companies for excellent customer service. The author mentions that JetBlue truly cares about the customer because JetBlue doesn´t sell just airplane tickets and its customers neither seek for airplanes tickets when buying at JetBlue. They buy the whole experience in
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JetBlue Airways IPO Valuation Background Started in 1999 with the promise to “bring humanity to air travel‚” JetBlue entered the “Discount Fare Airlines” to join the likes of Southwest‚ ATA‚ Frontier and others (Bruner 2002). With a strong and experienced management team‚ having Continental Airlines’ former vice-president as president and COO‚ and Southwest Airlines’ former executive vice-president and treasurer as CFO‚ David Neeleman believed that his new airline would thrive. Neeleman built
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Case analysis “WestJet” Introduction. WestJet was established in 1996 in Western Canada. Clive Beddoe‚ Don Bell‚ Mark Hill and Tim Morgan‚ the founders of the company‚ aimed to provide their customers low-cost air travel. Company is based Cangary‚AB‚ and it has its secondary hub in Toronto Pearson International Airport. WestJet operates the most modern and fuel-efficient Boeing 737 aircrafts. WestJet is one of the most profitable airlines in North America. All employees shared in company profits
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February 20‚ 2013 JetBlue Airways Corporation Case Study Report Situation Analysis History JetBlue Airways Corporation was created my David Neeleman. His vision was to create an inexpensive‚ easy way to travel by airplane. He was quoted saying he wants to “bring humanity back to air travel.” David Neeleman was already a seasoned entrepreneur. Two years after dropping out of the University of Utah he established his own business by renting out condominiums in Hawaii. Soon after he established
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QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CASE “WESTJET AIRLINES: THE CULTURE THAT BREEDS A PASSION TO SUCCEED” 1. What is WestJet’s competitive advantage? What are the sources of the competitive advantage? Their main competitive advantages are low prices and exceptional customer service. The low prices can be offered because they offer no meals‚ no frequent fliers and have a very fast turnaround at the gate‚ landed on airports that have low landing fees. in addition to this WestJet’s
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West Jet Business Level Strategy: Look at external when evaluating this Focused cost leadership need to asses business level strategy is suitable to the macro environment and the industry Evaluation: There was the budget conscious consumers and the existing players weren’t facilitating this segment of the market. There was an opportunity there to facilitate them. There was low switching cost in the industry and they were very focused on price. Substitutes consisted of car buses and train
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JetBlue: Managing the Future In the airline industry‚ few players have managed to build a unique brand identity and achieve brand differentiation. JetBlue‚ however‚ has done so by taking up the niche position of a low-cost provider that also offers a top-notch experience that legacy airlines don ’t deliver. JetBlue will maximize opportunity by maintaining its theory of the business and incorporating innovation as a core value through entrepreneurial management of resources resulting in new strategy
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Company Overview WestJet Airlines Ltd. is a Canadian low-cost carrier that provides scheduled and charter air service to 85 destinations in Canada‚ the United States‚ Europe‚ Mexico‚ Central America and the Caribbean‚ and has partnership agreements with over 30 airlines around the world. Founded in 1996‚ it is currently the second-largest Canadian air carrier‚ behind Air Canada. (Wikipedia) WestJet is a public company with more than 9‚600 employees‚ is non-unionized and is not part of any airline
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entrusts an underwriter firm or a group of firms who help the issuer going public. IPOs are such a big deal because any investors who hold stock at initial offering price would make a significant capital gain when the company goes public. Numerous cases of new issues have proved that investors rise in value. Mr. Schwartz (1999) listed some advantages of going public in his article. For instance‚ going public could be easy for the company to access to capital market to raise capital via equity‚ debt
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