passengers to establish its own niche market due to the demise of Tan Sri Yahaya Ahmad and financial crisis. Hence‚ AirAsia was heavily indebted. In 2001‚ Tony Fernandes’s company‚Tune Air Sdn Bhd bought this airline from DRB-Hicom with estimation of RM 40 million debts. There are many continuous transformations that Air Asia makes in order to become outstanding‚ to accomplish its strategic mission and vision and maintain sustainability in the industry. Using the catchy and effective slogan of "Now everyone
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Malaysia Airline (MAS) and Air Asia is the main air transport in Malaysia. The passengers of this two flight company are increasing every year. Their have also creates a lot of destinations to let the customers choose. I have chosen three articles for my reference. The first article is about interview of new Malaysia Airlines chief executive Azmil Zahruddin. “We are constantly monitoring our network and focusing on the religion that we feel will have high demand‚ and allow us to increase
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low-cost airline that provides both domestic and international flights. AirAsia started operating on 18 November 1996‚ it pioneered low cost travelling in Asia. In 2001‚ the airline which was heavily indebted was purchased by Tony Fernandes’s company Tune Air Sdn Bhd. Under his charge‚ AirAsia has become one of the biggest low cost airlines operating in Asia today. Its main hub is based in the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). As such‚ AirAsia consumers tend
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fares are often the deciding factors for budget-conscious travelers in Southeast Asia. This region represents a huge population‚ which offers low-fare airlines a vast market with promising profits. China’s huge population alone offers a great market for low-fare airlines. Demand may differ for low-fare services between the South East Asian region and in North America and Europe. In Europr and America customers the Asia Pacific region low airfare is the main driving force for choosing an airline carrier
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Air Asia A. Introduction 1. Objective and scope This paper will analyze the internal and external environment of Air Asia and will look into how it uses Management Information System ( MIS )‚ specifically its online reservation system to gain competitive advantage. And also discuss why and how important is MIS to Air Asia in running its business. 2. The Important of MIS Low Cost Carriers (LCC) business model is based on no frills service. This means that cost savings is a critical success factor
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DEPARTMENT 11 CURRENT IT IMPLEMENTATIONS 11 Yield Management System (YMS) 11 Computer Reservation System (CRS) 12 Enterprise Resource Planning System (ERP) 13 Advanced Planning & Scheduling System (APS) 13 IMPLEMENTATIONS AND STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT 13 CONCLUSION 15 BIBLIOGRAPHY 16 INTRODUCTION AirAsia Sdn Berhad is a low-cost airline based in Kuala Lumpur‚ Malaysia. It is Asia ’s largest low fare‚ and also the first budget no-frills
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SWOT : AIR ASIA Strengths 1. low cost operation 2. target mass customers 3. efficiency workforce 4. Staffs have multi skill to do their job. 5. single type fleet to service the customer‚ it easies to maintenance. 6. lowest fare more than others. 7. Sell the ticket direct to the customer. Weakness 1. Limited service to the customer. 2. charge every things except the ticket 3. A lot of competitor. 4. Brand positioning lower than other brand. 5
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further cuts its existing lowcosts at 2.5 US cents per ASK and accelerates our growth plans throughout Asia. The IPO also allowsAirAsia to expand its fleet of 18 Boeing 737-300s. Low cost airlines are anticipated to have greater potential in Asia as there are many Asian cities with apopulation above one million people each as well as a rising middle class population. This growth of middle class in Asia provides a huge market potential for AirAsia to grow. However‚ as the market isbecoming larger
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be achieved by maximizing passenger number per flight • MAS‚ under Idris Jala cut several unpopular flight routes due to irregular number of passengers and increased number of flights in high demand routes to cut unnecessary expenses and costs • Air Asia benefits from the lowest flight cost‚ USD$0.02 ASK* (Southwest Airline [US LCC] – USD$0.04‚ MAS - $0.41‚ Cathay Pacific $0.59) b. Technological Change i. Technology is a key determinant however change is not very rapid ii. Releases of new aircraft
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BIS 541 MANAGING INFORMATION SYSTEM TMA 1 Executive Summary The use of Information technology is important to build the strategic and operation management of airlines‚ and help to build the future airlines successfully. The emergence of the Internet in the mid1990s as well as the development of Intranets and Extranets forced airlines to refocus their strategy on technological innovations in order to enhance their competitiveness. (Buhalis 2004). AirAsia believes in the low fare business
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