...The Case Study of Eva Airways Core Competencies in Airline Industry | December 252012 | The idea of "core competences" is one of the most important business ideas currently shaping our world. This is one of the key ideas that lies behind the current wave of outsourcing, as businesses concentrate their efforts on things they do well and outsource as much as they can of everything else. Eva Airways core competencies covers excellent flight safety record, advanced flight equipment to enhance flight safety, fleet complete, network-intensive services, caring and meticulous service that includes their current and future customer service programs, human capital investment for providing excellent customer service, and professional management. With these excellent customer-oriented services, Eva Air proves that they are already world-class air carrier and robustly have an edge to compete in international market with the low-cost airline carrier, prestige airline carrier, and even the government-controlled carrier. We also believed that Eva Air’s customer-oriented services (core competencies) could sustain the growing or future demands in airline industry and can survive the toughness of the competition. The Case Study of Eva Airways Core Competencies in Airline Industry I. INTRODUCTION The airline industry exists in an intensely competitive market. Over the years, air travel has become so commonplace that it would be hard to imagine life without it. The airline industry, therefore...
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...It is commonly known that the airline industry uses a different mechanisms to price discriminate (PD) consumers with varying elasticities of demand in terms of travel.[1] In this case study, I will investigate PD based on the day of the week a ticket is purchased. In theory, this method of price discrimination is very feasible as airfares can be easily changed on a day to day basis. For example, consumers who travel on any given day of the week but purchase on the weekend may have different PED than those consumers who purchase their tickets during the week. By comparing different days of the week and ticket prices, we can study whether the airline industry has identified this method as a valuable segmenting device. I will start this case study by defining the theory of PD then continue by assessing data regarding ticket prices and day of week of which purchased then conclude if there is enough evidence of PD. Price discrimination is the practice of charging consumers different prices for the same good or service, whereby the relevant price in each case depends on the buyers characteristics. The most common form of PD would include grouping consumers based on certain attributes and charging these groups a different price. In pure price discrimination, the price of a good or service will be set at the maximum of which each consumer is willing to pay. The goal of PD is to gain an extra slice of untapped revenue source from consumers who are willing to pay a higher price...
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...STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT CASE STUDY SOUTHWEST AIRLINES SÜLEYMAN SİNAN ÖZTÜRK EBS 5103 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTOR: DR. AHMET BEŞKESE BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY May 2013 Contents CONTENTS ................................................................................................................................... 2 INTRODUCTION: ......................................................................................................................... 3 THE HISTORY: .............................................................................................................................. 3 CASE ANALYSIS: PESTEL FRAMEWORK................................................................................. 5 CASE ANALYSIS: MICHAEL PORTER’S FIVE FORCES FRAMEWORK ................................. 7 CASE ANALYSIS: COMPETITIVE PROFILE MATRIX .............................................................. 9 CASE ANALYSIS: VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS ......................................................................... 10 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................. 12 SWOT ANALYSIS ....................................................................................................................... 16 SPACE MATRIX .......................................................................................................................... 18 TOWS MATRIX: ..............................
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...CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR Service Quality Perceptions of Domestic Airline Consumers in India: An Empirical Study SUBMIITED TO: MEENAKSHI HANDA BY: SAHIL MALHOTRA (13) RAHUL KALRA (39) Abstract Pricing and service quality are the key variables that decide the brand equity of each player in the airline industry. Existing literature suggests that measurement and management of service quality is the key for survival of airline companies. This research paper examines the service quality delivered by four major airlines in India on the backdrop of stiff competition in the airline service sector. The process of traveling on a domestic airline was divided into pre-flight, in- flight and post-flight experiences. A survey was conducted to find out the perceived service quality of frequent fliers on each of the four airlines across a series of service performance variables. The airline brands were positioned in a perceptual space, where the perceived service attributes were also mapped. Clear differences emerged among the airlines, with two of them perceived as being similar to each other, and the other two differing in many respects. INTRODUCTION India at present has twelve competing airlines in the domestic market as against a single government owned airline in 1991. According to McKinsey Quarterly (2005), the Indian aircraft market is the world’s second largest commercial aircraft market. On-time performance and service levels have risen dramatically and fares have...
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...in Turkish Airline Companies Dilek Erdogan (Corresponding author) Department of Aviation Management, Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey Tel: 90-222-321-3550 / 6984 E-mail: dilekc@anadolu.edu.tr Ergun Kaya Department of Management, Faculty of Business Administration Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey Tel: 90-222-335-05-80/ 2544 Received: Sep. 16, 2014 doi:10.5296/jmr.v6i4.6355 E-mail: ergunk@anadolu.edu.tr Accepted: Oct. 13, 2014 Published: October 13, 2014 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/jmr.v6i4.6355 Abstract The aim of this study is to analyze performance indicators used by airline companies within the framework of a performance and strategic management tool, namely, ’balanced scorecard (BSC)’, and to assess its applicability in the airline business. Designed as a multiple case study by collecting data from primary and secondary sources, the participants of this study are scheduled airline businesses operating in Turkey. The airline companies have been found to use similar performance indicators within the financial, customer-based, internal business process, and learning/growth perspectives of BSC. Airline companies are recommended to use BSC because it allows them to transform their strategies into measurable performance indicators and to assess their performance multi-dimensionally. Keywords: Strategic Management, Performance Management, Balanced Scorecard, Airline Industry, Performance...
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...rail services: The Ouigo case Paul Chiambaretto a,b, Anne-Sophie Fernandez c a b c MRM-Groupe Sup de Co Montpellier Business School, 2300 Avenue des Moulins, 34080 Montpellier, France Ecole Polytechnique, PREG-CRG, Bat. Ensta, 828 Boulevard des Maréchaux, 91762 Palaiseau, France MRM-ERFI, University of Montpellier 1, Espace Richter, Rue Vendémiaire, Bât. B, CS 19519, 34960 Montpellier Cedex, France a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 24 October 2013 Received in revised form 11 May 2014 Accepted 12 May 2014 Available online 29 May 2014 Keywords: Low-cost High-speed train Replication strategy Intra and intermodal competition a b s t r a c t More and more airlines have adopted a low-cost business model and many scholars have studied the characteristics of such marketing strategy. While other transport modes have decided to copy and adopt this strategy, we investigate how they replicate this business model. To do so, we in-depth study the operational and marketing characteristics of Ouigo, the new low-cost offer launched by the French rail operator SNCF in 2013. Based on interviews and secondary data (press articles, reports, etc.), we analyze how the rail operator has adapted the low-cost model used by airlines to the high-speed rail industry. We first begin by explaining why rail operators need to implement low-cost strategies and we analyze the characteristics of these low-cost strategies in the air industry. Then, we examine how the...
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...How did the deregulation of air transportation in Europe foster entrepreneurial behavior and innovation in the European airline industry over the last twenty years? Case studies: SAS Airline & Ryanair Master Thesis in Entrepreneurship and Dynamic Business Contexts Spring 2007 Supervisor: Håkan Bohman Entrepreneurship Master Program Authors: Gilles Helterlin and Nuno Ramalho Acknowledgements We would like to express our gratitude to all who have contributed to the realization of this Master Thesis. A warm thank to our supervisor, Håkan Bohman from USBE (Umeå School of Business), for his guidance, his precious help and his advises during the last months. To Mr. Lundvall, from LFV (Luftfartsverket), Mr. Valinger from Scandinavian Airline and Mr. Wilsberg from SAS Braathens, Jessica Eriksson and Thomas Pettersson from USBE, thank you for your availability, willingness in answering our questions and for their so precious collaboration with interviews, comments and suggestions. Thank you also Sweden for the wonderful moments we have spent here. We will never forget your nature (your elks), your cold winter (-30°C), your long nights in winter and your short nights in late spring!! It has been a great experience and adventure up there in Northern Sweden!! We will miss you… Finally we would like to thank particularly the Studentexpedition for its kindness, without forgetting our family and friends (from Sweden, France, Portugal and Greece) for their everlasting daily support...
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...FInTHE ROLE OF OIL FUTURES IN RISK MANAGEMENT From: To: Senior Management - Airlines Company November 2011 0 University of Westminster - Westminster Business School International Risk Management COURSEWORK THE ROLE OF OIL FUTURES IN RISK MANAGEMENT Student: Student ID: Course: Word count: MSc. Finance and Accounting 2557/2617 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In the world today, oil is being used as the main source of energy for a lot of core industries. Due to its non-renewable characteristics and the global rising demand, oil has increased in its value, which results in many oil price crises recently. For all those industries using large amount of oil in operation, the risk of rising oil price is an extensive problem. The most efficient method to hedge against this risk is by using oil futures contracts. Because of its effectiveness, oil futures contracts are playing a key role in risk management for a number of industries including transportation and manufacturing. This report provides principal knowledge about oil futures and its role in hedging the risk of oil price volatility. A case study of US airline industry with most updated data obtained from Bloomberg system is also discussed, which suggests the effectiveness of oil futures in risk management for most airlines companies. However, in some case, the inflexible use of oil futures may create a burden in financial costs while not producing effectiveness in risk hedging. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF...
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...Glyndwr UNIVERSITY ASSIGNMENT FRONT SHEET Student Name: Certification: I certify that the whole of this work is the result of my individual effort and that all quotations from books, periodicals etc. have been acknowledged. |Student Signature: | |Date: | Student Registration Number: Student email address: |Programme : BA (Hons) International Tourism Management HH | |Year/Level : Level 5 | |Academic Year : 2014 | |Semester : | |Module title : Strategic Management for Tourism |Assignment | |Module code: BUS 518 | |Word guide: 3500 | |Percentage Weighting of this assignment for the module: 100% | |Issue date : | Return date : 31St March 2014 | |Lecturer : Gopinath Vedula | Second...
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...Southwest Airlines Case Study Jared G. Sanders BUSN412 Business Policy April 1, 2012 SOUTHWEST AIRLINES WWW.SOUTHWEST.COM AIRLINE INDUSTRY BACKGROUND /HISTORY/ COMPANY TIMELINE: Southwest, founded by Rollin King and Herb Kelleher, began as a small Texan airline almost 35 years ago and has grown to become one of the largest airlines in America. It was created on the following premise: “If you get your passengers to their destinations when they want to get there, on time, at the lowest possible fares, and make darn sure they have a good time doing it, people will fly your airline!” (www.southwest.com). Today Southwest Airlines flies more than 70 million passengers a year to 60 great cities all across the country, and they do it more than 3,000 times a day. They have 436 of the newest jets in the nation, with each plane being an average age of 9 years. (www.southwest.com). Southwest’s combination of low fares, outstanding customer service, and strong leadership have helped the airline remain profitable even in the midst of tragedies like the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. SWOT ANALYSIS: Southwest was set up for success from the beginning because of its unique upside-down organizational structure. Upper management is at the bottom and supports the front line employees, who are the real experts. Kelleher’s unorthodox leadership style, in which everyone in the company makes management decisions, is largely unheard of these days. The company doesn’t...
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...Write up on Case Study of Air India Airlines Group Members: Anukriti Dave Nitu Thomas Vishwa Patel Air Indian Airlines into trouble 1. Introduction Success of the Airline Industry depends on cordial relationship between the employers and the employees. Inflexibilities in deployment of the workforce, supported by rigidity in labor legislation, have all added to the woes and have now begun to affect employment generation as well. All these changes are believed to have impacted employment and employee relations and therefore, resulted in catastrophic breakdowns in industrial relations across the country. Being held at a time when the business scenario is proving to be a challenge for both employees and employers as businesses come under increasing pressure to keep stakeholders satisfied. These changes have implications both for the organization and the employees. As a consequence the nature of relationship between the employees and the employer is impacted. Industrial disputes are a menace to industry and society. Managing an Airline is unique and challenging, the quality of services of Airline heavily depends on the quality of human resource it deploys. Airline companies must have potential human resource policies that help the organization to attain its goals, enable it to employ the skills and abilities of the workforce efficiently, assist to bring about employees job satisfaction and self-actualization and establishing and maintaining harmonious Employer-Employee Relations...
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...Managerial Decision: United Airlines by Ronald J. Sanders HCM-540, MBOL5, Health Care Organization Instructor: Wenyuan Teng Saint Leo University Distance Learning November 10, 2013 Abstract United Airlines is one of many airlines that look to capitalize on it’s ability to provide air service to the consumer. Like other airlines, it is challenged to be creative and profitable in a changing market. The creativity may involve creating flights or analyzing the cost associated with providing a service. This paper offers some insight on the case study of United Airlines and provides some analysis on the managerial decisions within the company. The scenario given in the case study speaks about a situation of declining profits and the costs of operating were growing. A dialogue of cost and market organization will be noted and the recommended managerial decision of; whether the airline should run a specific flight or not. Introduction When making a business decision, many factors should be considered. The market structures in the economy are important in seeking whether the company is reasonable to continue to operate or not. The structure of the market or characteristics of the market environment that United Airline operates in is competitive market. Competition market is an economics term that refers to firms that have no influence on market price and take it as given. (Brickley Smith & Zimmerman, 2009). For United Airlines to operate involves the use...
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...Vol.5, No.30, 2013 www.iiste.org Key Success Factors in Airlines: Overcoming the Challenges Marcella Riwo-Abudho1, Lily W. Njanja1 & Isaac Ochieng2 1 2 School of Business, Kabarak University Department of Mathematics and Business Studies, Laikipia University College *Corresponding author address: P.O. Box 20157 Kabarak University Nakuru, Kenya. e-mail: mabudho@gmail.com, Tel: 0724690140 Abstract The increased interconnectivity within the global airline markets has marked the airline with dynamism from both its external environment and internal operations. This paper reviews how the highly sensitive industry is faced by the challenge of product innovation by suppliers, fragile reputation powerful customers, intense competition from strategic alliances & bankruptcy protection and increased costs of labour, fuel and security measures. The review further identifies the Key Success Factors (KSFs) in the global airline industry in relation to the challenges that carriers face. These strategic factors include structure, culture, strategic alliances, planning and forecasting, technology, marketing and branding and outsourcing. 1. Introduction The global airline industry operates in service industry complexities within a highly turbulent environment. Keynes (2009) states how the sector has gone through a drastic change on both the supply and the demand side. Unlike other industry airlines are subject to rapid change from customer expectations, competitor...
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...model with implications for the future of the industry segment. 2/23/2014 [Student ID Number] [Name] Low Cost Carriers Has there been too much hype about the Low Cost Carrier concept? Characterize the LCC business model, assess their reasons for success and failure, is it a sustainable business model, or is it in transition? Can you provide an outlook for the future of this industry? Before delving into the topic, it is necessary to explain what Low Cost Carriers actually entail and what the underlying concept behind it is. There are different names for the low cost carriers which include budget airlines, discount airlines and even no-frill airlines. The concept behind LCC is to present the customer with a low cost air travel but with fewer benefits (Dresner and Lin, 1996). Since the ticket price is low, the airlines puts a price tag for extras in the flight in order to generate more revenue for the revenue lost through decreased prices on tickets. The airline companies are able to generate a low cost operating structure which allows them to charge a lower price and hence maintain a reasonable amount of profitability. In order to analyze the topic, it will be needed to trace the history of the pioneering Low Cost Carriers in the world and how their model started off and how it has evolved over time to accommodate the changing market trends. Various case studies will be looked upon related to different low cost airlines which have survived – such as South-West in USA...
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...environment changes in the last couple of years have had a significant impact on the sectors of the world economy more so the airline sector, with this in mind the term paper focused on the impact of changes in the international business environment on the airline industry. International business environment is viewed as the most contexts for international business and comprehending how forces in this environment impact the business operations is the difference between business failure and success. To this end, the research established various changes in the business environment that have taken place in political, economic, financial and socio-cultural circles. Political changes especially the Arab spring have had far reaching impact on the airline sector with fall in passenger numbers to these destination as well as the rise in fuel prices negatively impacting the growth of the industry, political instability in other areas as well as laws regulating the airline sector have been on the rise as countries seek to protect local airlines, the economic crisis slowed down the growth of the sector but with the recovery process on track, the airline industry is expected to grow into the foreseeable future, issues such a new taxes for example carbon tax in Europe, the unstable foreign exchange market and inflationary pressures continue to impact the industry growth. Financial changes after the 2008 financial crisis have also affected the sector with stringent borrowing terms imposed...
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