The Low Cost Airline: AirAsia A study of opportunities‚ challenges and critical success factors LGT 3007 Air Transport Logistics Introduction History of low cost airlines The low-cost concept became a moneymaker in the United States‚ where it was pioneered in the 1970s by Southwest Airlines‚ the model for budget carriers elsewhere like Ryanair and easyJet in Europe. Definition of low cost airlines A low cost airline generally has many features that differentiate it from the traditional
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2014)‚ AirAsia had no fatal crashes in its history for more than a decade of operations. However‚ after thirteen years the business had run‚ AirAsia QZ8501 carrying 162 passengers went missing as it lost contact with air traffic control on its way from Surabaya‚ Indonesia to Singapore on 28th December 2014 (Bruton‚ 2015). Since the bad weather was the cause of the missing flight‚ on 29th December 2014‚ Indonesian officials declared that the flight was likely at the bottom of the ocean (“AirAsia QZ8501:
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INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY AirAsia is a very successful low cost carrier. In a very short time‚ it became a market leader in the Asia region. The company successfully adopted cost leadership through operational efficiency and effectiveness. Using the slogan “Now Everyone Can Fly‚” AirAsia positioned itself successfully in the niche LCC market. AirAsia was the creation of former music publisher Tony Fernandes. After watching a television show in a pub about easyJet successfully competing against British
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Nowadays‚ the competition among airplane industries is very tough. According to Daniel Chan (2000)‚ with just about two years to go to the turn millennium‚ air wars over Asia are hotting up‚ with some of the world’s biggest airlines engaged in intense over Asian skies[1]. Each Of Airplanes Company in the world trying to conduct some strategies to compete with another competitor in their industry. A lot of airplane companies come out with different strategies to make their company better than their
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INTRODUCTION AirAsia Berhad is part of the AirAsia Group‚ is a world most famous low cost airline that operates wide networks both domestically and internationally. AirAsia lead the way low cost airfares in Asia and is now currently the largest low fare‚ no-frills airline in Asia. It is also one of the largest airlines in all of Asia in terms of passengers carried. AirAsia has also been voted the World’s Best Low Cost Airline in 2009 and 2010. AirAsia Berhad is currently based
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SYSTEM) ASSIGNMENT 1: CASE STUDY: AIRASIA – Now Everyone Can Fly Questions: * What is Air Asia Business Model? How does information system support this business model? 1.0) AirAsia business model AirAsia business model is low cost‚ low fare and no-frills air line. AirAsia Pan Asia plan targeted to million of Asians who wanted basic air transportation at cheap price AirAsia achieved low cost by following method: 1) Single class‚ no frills service AirAsia operates on single-class service
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Macro-environment Analysis on AirAsia and its effect on Marketing Decision Making | Prepared by Gajanayagam Jeyasundram | | | | This paper looks at a comprehensive macro-economic analysis using PESTEL and how it influenced marketing strategy and initiatives at AirAsia. | Table of Content | Content | 1.0 | Introduction * 1.1 Company Background | 2.0 | Macro-environment Analysis * 2.1 Demographic Factors * 2.2 Economic Factors * 2.3 Natural Factors * 2.4 Technological
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AirAsia‚ the most successful and leading low fare carrier in Asia Pacific region is practicing a concentration strategy since it takes over by Tony Fenendez in late 1990s. I strongly believe this strategy will continue to work if it is under the leadership of Tony Fenendez. The concentration strategy under the current practice will able to make AirAsia remain competitive:- 1. Managing Cost of Human Capital. Multi tasking Cabin Crew. Where all the Cabin crew are required to handle check in ticketing
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Airlines (MAS) and AirAsia Bhd (AirAsia) is a positive move as it would eliminate irrational competitive pricing‚ allow economies of scale‚ higher bargaining power and synergies. Hong Leong Investment Bank Bhd (HLIB) said AirAsia‚ as Malaysia’s only low-cost carrier player‚ would have better control over supply and yields without competition from FireFly‚ MAs-owned low-cost unit. “There are higher chances of AirAsia plying for routes‚ which were previously exclusive to MAS. “Hence‚ AirAsia will be able
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Analyzing US GDP Jackson Demetria University Maryland University College Abstract After viewing the different Gross Domestic purchases over the past 10 years‚ I have found that GDP deflator can be viewed as a measure of general inflation in the domestic economy. Inflation can be labeled as a measure of price changes over time. The deflator is usually expressed in terms of an index‚ a time series of index numbers. For example‚ percentage changes on the previous years are also shown below.
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