Case Study of Air-Asia : Strategic Role of Information System in Business Air Asia was established on 12 December 2001 by Mr. Tony Fernandes‚ the CEO of Air Asia and expanding rapidly since that. Air Asia is the leading low fare airline in Asia and Air Asia succeed to become the award winning‚ ‘Asia Pacific Airlines of the year 2003’ by Centre for Air Pacific Aviation (CAPA) in 2003. The vision of Air Asia is to serve the 3 billion people who are currently underserved with poor connectivity and
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Company overview: Air Asia After acquiring Air Asia from the Malaysian government in 2002‚ Tony Fernandes completely altered the business model of its previous owners and re-established the company with just 3 air planes. Owing debts of about 11 million U.S‚ this move was very risky; however by offering low cost prices‚ the company was able to attract sufficient travellers. After acquisition‚ 5 years later Air Asia became renowned globally as the least expensive airline in terms of cost per seat
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AirAsia: “Now Everyone Can Fly” I. Introduction AirAsia is a Low-fare airline company owned by Anthony Fernandes. The company had its beginnings since 2001 and has been growing rapidly ever since. Within two years‚ AirAsia has proven that low-fare airline models such as Southwest’s‚ Ryanair’s‚ and easyJet’s model would fare well in the Asian marketplace. Its success has even spawned numerous imitators and competitors. But the question still remains‚ can the low-fare model continue to succeed
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executive of Warner Music wanted to established an airline in Malaysia‚ he went and meet with Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohammed (the fourth prime minister of Malaysia). Tun Dr. Mahathir took the opportunity to off load debt laden Air Asia to Tony Fernandez. Tony Fernandes via Tune Airways Sdn. Bhd bought over Air Asia with a token sum of RM1 and with a partial debt of 40million. Then AirAsia had only two Boeing carriers. Then‚ it was carrying around 200‚000 passengers in a year. In 2011 alone‚ it was carrying
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Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Subject Mktg 1: Principles of Marketing Mark Angelo B. Bugtac I – Executive Summary December 2000‚ AirAsia was an insolent subsidiary of deeply indebted Malaysian Conglomerate. Airline had only two planes. Tony Fernandes was a former managing director of Warner Musics Malaysian Operator. He assembled a group of small investors to buy AirAsia for 26 cents. AirAsia was known to have a first low fare in Asia. With in seven months of operation they all repaid all
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17th AnnuAl GenerAl MeetinG Date: Time: Venue: Thursday‚ 24 June 2010 10.00 a.m. AirAsia Academy Lot PT 25B Jalan KLIA S5 Southern Support Zone KLIA‚ 64000 Sepang Selangor Darul Ehsan Malaysia Notice of Annual General Meeting page 151 19.1% Truly ASEAN 2009 saw AirAsia Berhad (“AirAsia”) maintain its strong growth trajectory despite being a challenging year for the aviation industry. Underpinning our growth is our increasing penetration of the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)
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Batch 2015 Course Name: Public Relations II and Corporate Communication I Assignment # A 310 (CM) Before we plan the press conference announcing the launch of Air Asia operation in India‚ we have to make a PR plan for the Launch of Air Asia India. Overview | Announcement of Launch of Air Asia Operations in India. The challenge faced is of introducing a new brand in a market where the consumers are already loyal to the existing competitors. E.g. Jet Airways‚ Indigo (which is also
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confronted by AirAsia besides that‚ this analysis also helps to identify AirAsia’s competitive strategy and analyse how the strategy is implemented to gain competitive advantage. Background on AirAsia AirAsia was set up by Dato’ Tony Fernandes in 2001. In December 2001‚ Fernandes and his partners set up Tune Air Sdn Bhd (Tune Air)‚ an airline holding company then bought over AirAsia. Now‚ AirAsia has become one of the most successful airlines in the Southeast Asian region and the pioneer of low cost and
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Sars and the Sept 11 terrorist attacks included that preventing it from taking off. Today‚ the Malaysia-based budget airline boasts a fleet of 80 aircraft that ply over 122 routes‚ with 480 flights to more than 65 destinations daily. Group CEO Tony Fernandes has been instrumental in building the Air Asia brand. Known for its strong marketing and branding culture‚ Air Asia was recognized as one of Malaysia’s 30 Most Valuable Brands in 2008‚ and also made it to US-based business magazine Fast Company’s
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