Essays Tagged: "Qantas"

Implement and Monitor Marketing Activities: Virgin vs. Qantas.

Virgin vs. QantasIn making a comparison of the offerings between the two airlines, Virgin and Qantas, there are ... ing a market who are ready to save money in exchange for the lack of comfort and aesthetics, whilst Qantas target a market who prefer an aspect of prestige. The image is reflected on the markets the t ... flected on the markets the two airlines target, in this case, budget versus quality.Both Virgin and Qantas have tangible and intangible aspects of the products and services they provide their customer ...

(7 pages) 174 0 3.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Labour Economics

Labour EconomicsThe current problems between Qantas and the ACTU over employment of casual labour highlight substantial changes in the compositio ...

(6 pages) 97 0 2.2 May/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

Comparing the financial performance of Qantas and Woolworths. Discuss the aspects of the financial information that may be insufficient or misleading.

I have chosen Qantas Airways Limited & Woolworths Limited to be examined in this literature. Qantas is Austral ... . Qantas is Australia's leading domestic carrier and one of the world's premier long haul airlines. Qantas is also one of Australia's most recognized brand names, with a reputation for excellence in s ... li, the war in Iraq and the devastating outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, all areas of Qantas were affected, including the profitability of the company throughout the year. Qantas recorde ...

(6 pages) 195 1 4.8 Jun/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

British Airways plc

des, this was the typical means to expansion. Growth was generally incremental. To cite an example, Qantas - originally Queensland And Northern Territory Aerial Service (QANTAS) - started out by provi ... owned by British Airways), Finnair, GB Airways Limited, Loganair Limited, Maersk Air (UK) Limited, Qantas, Sun-Air of Scandinavia and TAT European Airlines. Thus, a flight between Germany and Singapo ...

(20 pages) 408 1 4.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Qantas Case Study, Qantas Dispute

QANTAS DISPUTEOn October 22nd, 2001, the Industrial dispute between QANTAS and its employees was ini ... wage freeze for employees plus a sliding scale profit share scheme. Ten out of twelve unions under QANTAS accepted the terms of the agreement, barring the unions of manufacturing employees (AWU and A ... out for a 4-6% pay rise. On the 8th May 2002, some ten months later, the dispute was resolved when QANTAS agreed to an across the board 6% pay increase. This essay provides an in-depth analysis into ...

(8 pages) 249 0 4.8 Jun/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Business report for Qantas

Business Studies Preliminary Assessment TaskBusiness Report for QANTAS1. Executive Summary:The main focus of this report is to identify the legal classification, th ... f this report is to identify the legal classification, the characteristics, the life cycle stage of Qantas and one internal and external stakeholder that is affected by the activates of Qantas. The le ... al stakeholder that is affected by the activates of Qantas. The legal classification describes that Qantas is a public company and has changed its legal classification in the growth and maturity stage ...

(6 pages) 269 0 4.4 Jun/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Pathology of failure in governance VS the board's real strategic contribution.

stralia, Brenner Vulkari and Metatlgesellschaft in Germany, BCCI in the UK, Parmalat in Italy, even Qantas in NZ etc. These ongoing corporate events touched off by mentioned above have seriously impac ...

(13 pages) 140 0 5.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Gas prices and the example of supply and demand

'wring' the most value out of the fixed number of seats leaving the ground.The Australian airline, Qantas has four fare "families" and each "family" has severallevels. "Every flight we operate from M ... to Sydney has a mix of all ofthose fares," said Will Owens, head of domestic pricing and yield for Qantas (The Age,pg. 1). This particular airline uses information based on the flight's financial per ...

(3 pages) 221 0 5.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Case Study: Quantas Airlines

earnings for Quantas, but not so much as the competition of Virgin Airlines and rising oil prices. Qantas, facing increasing competition on some of its busiest routes from Virgin Atlantic Airways, Si ... ers to Virgin Blue Holdings Ltd. "People are concerned that oil prices will have a larger impact on Qantas' fuel costs than initially thought," said Michael Birch, who owns Qantas shares among $72 mil ...

(2 pages) 126 0 4.3 Jun/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Quantas Airlines

AIRLINE INDUSTRY ENVIRONMENTQantas was dealing with a large change from the period of 1978 to 1994. This was brought by the Dere ... ulation Act in the United States where other foreign airline industries were affected. Before 1992, Qantas was limited to flying international routes only while Australian Airlines was in charge of th ... while Australian Airlines was in charge of the domestic flights. During this regulated environment, Qantas and Australian Airlines were government owned and decided to separate the international and d ...

(6 pages) 191 2 3.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

International Marketing - Virgin Blue (A piece of Empire)

n* Virgin Blue currently operates as one of two major domestic Australian airlines, the other being Qantas.* The company currently holds an approximate market share of 33%, which it has developed in t ... meaningful customer relationships, perhaps by introducing a loyalty program similar to that of the Qantas Club* With regards to the entire Virgin group, employ a brand image which will emphasise the ...

(14 pages) 216 0 2.3 Aug/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Qantas Training Centre Development in India

IntroductionThis report to the Board of Qantas explores the relative costs and benefits of establishing a training centre in Mumbai, India. ... d Kingfisher Airlines (Francis 2006). Accordingly, a time critical opportunity currently exists for Qantas to initiate a joint venture with a domestic carrier.This joint venture will leverages Qantas' ... ss environment in India. The likely consequences of these scenarios on the business opportunity for Qantas have been analyzed.The first scenario is a terrorist attack. This would increase demand for s ...

(16 pages) 163 0 5.0 Jan/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Cathy Pacific Brand Strategies

differentiator keeping its prices competitive against other airlines such as British, ASA, Emirate, Qantas airways, Malaysia Airlines , however continual innovation and use of technology in service of ...

(11 pages) 181 0 3.0 Feb/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Globalisation in business management

e key to innovation today in the modern globalised business world. In looking at Australia Post and Qantas, the changes in the external environment, management skills and strategies for change and eff ... and to generate a commercial return on assets.The events of September 11, 2001 had a big impact on Qantas. It experienced a 30% decline in bookings from some key routes following September 11. The Wa ...

(6 pages) 88 0 3.0 Mar/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

QANTAS

Pilot - QANTAS General Information A career as a Qantas pilot is an extremely rewarding one in terms of job ... position. The learning process will continue throughout your flying career.Study for a career as a Qantas pilot begins in school where you should be studying English, a level above basic Mathematics, ... il Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) website at http://www.casa.gov.au/avreg/fcl_lic/stages.htm.As a Qantas Pilot you will be required to meet the Medical standards prescribed for an Air Transport Pilo ...

(6 pages) 34 0 5.0 Jul/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Employment Relationships

1.The Qantas Engineers dispute arose when aircraft engineers and their union, the Australian Licensed Airc ... Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association (ALAEA) demanded better pay and conditions late last year. Qantas was threatened with industrial action on January 9 (‘Qantas seeks strikebreaking enginee ... or up to 1,700 engineers nationwide, but the airline offered only a three per cent increase.In May, Qantas engineers went ahead with planned industrial action in the form of stop work meetings. Also p ...

(4 pages) 14 0 0.0 Sep/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Qantas

SummaryThis report purpose to describe the features and functionality of a airline company which is Qantas Group company, then states how organizations improve business performance; in addition how or ... ance; in addition how organizations change their strategy when they are facing marketing competitionQantas began its operations in 1920 as the second oldest airline in the world. Passenger and mail se ...

(16 pages) 60 0 0.0 Dec/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Quantas Case Study

in the environment of a business can affect the ability of the business to achieve its objectives. Qantas is Australia's largest domestic and international airline and Woolworths is one of Australia' ... ble.The changing social influences in both Australia and over the globe have drastically influenced Qantas' services and operations. Being an international company Qantas operates in over 37 different ...

(3 pages) 17 0 0.0 Mar/2011

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Qantas Dispute 2011 Case Study

BackgroundThis paper aims at analyzing the industrial dispute between Qantas and the trade unions in 2011. The key questions include: (1) what were the causes and consequ ... e trade unions in 2011. The key questions include: (1) what were the causes and consequences of the Qantas dispute in 2011? (2) What does it illustrate about changing industrial relations in Australia ... n analysis of the interviews and documentary evidence to explain the causes and consequences of the Qantas dispute. To the question (2), it applies theories of industrial relation to the Qantas case i ...

(15 pages) 6 0 0.0 Nov/2012

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management