Essays Tagged: "Low-cost carrier"
Evaluate To what extent have the "no frills" airlines coped better in the decline of the airline industry following the events on September 11th
" airlines such as Easyjet, Ryanair and Go dealt with the uncertainty better than other traditional carriers such as British Airways. It even seems that the events have led to an opportunity for these ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
The extent of rivalry among established companies is a function of an industry's competitive structure, demand conditions, and barriers to exit. Discuss.
ensive competition can develop; Especially in Europe, which has seen a rapid growth in the low cost carrier sector, established airlines are feeling the competition of these low cost carriers. Exit ba ... ample; when the EU de-regulated airline business on continental Europe it was the time for Low Cost carriers to penetrate the market. This was immediately felt by established airlines that lost large ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Explains Southwest Airlines positions itself as a different class of airline by having the most generous frequent flyer program of all major carriers. How it uses LUV as a promotional tool.
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Analysis low-price airline-raynair
mpetition. We also adopt the value chain analysis to understand how the different activities of the low-cost airlines (Ryanair) add their value compared with national airlines (British Airway and Aer ... e pricing and sngle-classs air transportation. Having overtaken EasyJet, Ryanair is now the largest low-cost carrier in Europe In January 2000. The company offer approximately 475 scheduled flights pe ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Easy Jet and the Strategic Analysis of external environment
historical dominance of the protected national flag carriers is now being eroded by more efficient low-cost airlines in the sectorAttractiveness of the budget airline sectorThe Far EnvironmentIn Dece ... in Europe . This trend of growth is estimated to continue and analysts have predicted the European low-cost market could grow by as much as 300% by 2004. With a large centralised population London st ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
Easyjet- resource allocation and analysis
d value, point-to-point air services."RYANAIRRyanair is one of EasyJet's closest competitors in the low-cost airline sector carrying almost 5 million passengers in 1999 with a profit of £ 45.3 m ... s a day over a total of 686,000 kilometres of flight routes.BA's mission statement differs from the low-cost airlines as they promise:'To be the undisputed leader in world travel'- we are passionately ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
This is an analysis of an article i read on airline pricing.Very economical:-)
opics, such as Criminology. The title for this article is called "Calling for Perspective on Low-Cost Airlines." He begins the article with some statistics on a low-cost airline; JetBlue. He no ... cities worldwide. He uses these stats to push up on the issue of how much of an impact these low-cost airlines are making on the airline industry. He discusses the overlaying strategy of the lo ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
British Airways.
cial benefits, and arguments over the relative shares each airline would have in the merged company.Low-Cost Airlines.Meanwhile, the airline industry was undergoing a seismic shift with the rise of lo ... at 13% below normal on transatlantic routes.In contrast, passenger numbers and financial results at low-cost carriers - easyJet and Ryanair - were rising impressively.Then came Sars, the Iraq war and ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
Chaos in the skies - Airlines Pre and Post 9/11 Business environment
d barriers to entry, freedom of routes and airlines could set prices inline with market demand. FSC carriers merged to remain competitive)* A rise in GDP (more disposable income)* Leisure (55% of air ... f business travel (forced FSCs that lacked capital out of most routes)* FSCs (new entrants Low cost carriers LCCs)* Fragmentation (constraint of national and international regulations and public owner ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges
The Airline Industry
from a high of 46 percent in 2005 but still substantial by any measure. The result is that several carriers that were on the precipice of liquidation just five years ago now have much lower cost stru ... rating efficiency, privatization, and forming alliances with other airlines. The growth of low cost carriers (LCCs) in the U.S. and elsewhere is arguably the single most important factor currently sha ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Rates & Indexes
Southwest Airlines
ys.All this has been about charming enough passengers to establish Southwest as the world's biggest low-cost carrier. There was a time when this made Southwest a maverick - an alternative to the full- ... United Airlines, Delta, Continental, Northwest Airlines and US Airways.Mr Kelly credits Southwest's low-cost business model, which emphasises modest debt and stockpiling cash, with its comparative suc ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
Environmental and Competitive Analysis of Easyjet
onThis report has been written in order to provide an environmental and competitive analysis of the low-cost airline industry sector from the position of Easyjet. It will give a brief history into Eas ... .Corporate HistoryEasyjet was founded in 1995 by Stelios Haji-Ioannou who based the firm around the low-cost, no-frills model of the US flight operator 'Southwest'. The concept of Easyjet is based on ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing
Airline industry is one of the fragile industries in the market. Since the tragic events of September 11th some of its profound consequences are coming to light now
.95 million. An Irish entrepreneur founded the company in 1985.EasyJet- EasyJet is Europe's leading low-cost airline. Since its first flight in November 1995, the airline has grown from a Luton base o ... ck Exchange on 22 November 2000 at a price of 310 pence per ordinary share.揟he growth of the low-cost/ no frills airline globally has been one of the most success stories of commercial aviation ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
Designing, implementing and managing the proposed Changes in Southwest Airline
t to dominate its industry, there are still areas where Southwest can improve its performance. Many low-cost airlines have approached the market, so Southwest must create and capitalize the innovative ... ty Management, 2004, pp 100-107.http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Management/Southwest-Airlines-High-Tech-Low-Costs/U21Global Service Management Course-book.Looy, B., P. Gemmel and R. Van Dierdonck. Service ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Travel Industry: Look and Feel
iritair.com (2008), "Spirit Airlines, based out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida is the leading low cost carrier to the Caribbean serving 33 markets in the United States, Bahamas and Caribbean with 185 dai ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing
Implementing porter 5 forces on Tourism industry and explanation
an air become more than that of British Airways.Since then, there are many more new entrants in the low-cost carrier sector, posing major threats to the front runners, Ryan air and Easy Jet. A shake-o ... tion, depending on what was on offer and at what price and quality, or have moved from high-cost to low-cost carriers for their travel. There are companies that look to develop a unique product and br ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Credit crunch and its impact on Ryanair
and Aer Lingus with fares that were much lower. Ryanair's strategy (initially) was to offer simple, low-cost fairs and exemplary customer service. During the later part of the 80s Ryanair continued to ... fficer Howard Millar forecasts that in 10 years Ryanair and EasyJet, the continent's second-largest low-cost airline, will be the only discount carriers left flying in Europe. ''There will be less pla ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges
SWOT analysis of Ryanair
ish Airways and Aer Lingus with fares that were much lower. Ryanair's strategy was to offer simple, low-cost fairs and exemplary customer service. During the later part of the 80s Ryanair continued to ... come for Ryanair while harming the marketing image of aviation generally.STRENGHTS1.First to launch low-cost airline in Europe and vigorously maintained 'low cost' fare policy2.Has the first mover adv ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
EasyJet Marketing Research
asyJet Airline Company Limited, also known as EasyJet, is a low cost (or no frill) airline company (Low-cost airline hereafter LCAs), headquarter is based at London Luton Airport.According to EasyJet' ... ss of the length of journey, but squeezing of budgets means that many now choose (or are booked on) low-cost carriers instead of traditional scheduled airlines." (Mintel, 2007)Thus, airline industry s ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing
Marketing Mix of Air Asia
ights to existing ones.a) Internet bookingAnother is infrastructure. One criterion for an efficient low-cost airline is direct booking via the internet - this does away with commissions and credits to ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing