THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY: Trends, Challenges, Strategies John Wensveen, Ph.D. Dean, School of Aviation Dowling College New York, USA www.dowling.edu President, Airline Visions www.airlinevisions.com The University of Sydney Faculty of Economics and Business Leadership and Policy Seminar Series Sydney, Australia 23 February 2010 Presentation Objectives • Provide background on the global industry • Present a regional analysis • Discuss current and future evolvement of the industry (trends) • Discuss
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Air travel is a vast and rapidly expanding industry that aids economic growth, world trade and the tourism industry. With such globalization, it comes with no surprise that the commercial aviation industry is on demand and very much so “popular” and “competitive”. One company that stands out from the crowd ranging from budget airlines such as Tiger Airways to high-end and recognized airways like Cathay Pacific is the infamous Singapore Airlines (SIA). For 16 years in succession, SIA has been given
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Political The airline industry operates in a highly regulated political environment where passengers are favored over the airlines. This is due to the fact that passenger safety is paramount and the political establishment have been made weary of the airlines and resorted towards strict regulations for their operations, due to their earlier inclinations towards monopolistic behavior. Furthermore, with there being more competition in the industry and regulations in demand, passengers are in a position
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it is predicted that air transportation demand in the world will double over the next 15 years. In the meantime, since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, the environment surrounding the aviation industry has become very severe and has caused adverse impact to the entire aviation industry. Security at airports has been reinforced in all aspects, significantly deteriorated on-time performance, caused mass congestion at the airport, and caused a drastic increase in aviation
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European Airline Industry Strategic Management Contents |Main Body |4-10 | |1 Introduction |4-5 | |2 Summary of macro-environment analysis |5-7 | |3 Summary of industry environment analysis |7-8 | |4 Other critical factors for the airline industry
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Professor Edward Desmarais BUS 470 Business Policy and Strategy Spring 2004 SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CASE ANALYSIS Presented by: The Stategizers Lawrence Bluemmel, Irene Johnson, Dennis Mackey, Dorothea Morgan, Elaine Pereira, Jeff Piecuch, Heather Pontifex, Nicole Soucy TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Executive Summary 3 A. Mission 3
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A REPORT ON BUSINESS SYSTEMS AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT BY JEANINE BANKS – 21739226 Word Count: 2, 133 CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………………………... | 3 | 2. FINDINGS2.1. GENERAL ENVIRONMENT……………………………………………………………….…………2.1.1. PEST Analysis…………………………………………………………………………………….2.1.2. SWOT Analysis..…………………………………………………………………………………. | 446 | 2.2. IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT……………………….…………………………..………………….2.2.1. Threat of Entry……..……………………………………………………………………………2.2.2. Power of Suppliers….
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Singapore airline (SIA) was incorporated as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Singapore government on 28 January 1972 as a public company with limited liability. It is one of the most successful airlines today having the most recent and youngest fleets in the world. It has evolved from being a regional airline to one of the top ranked airlines in the world at present. As on March 1999, it carried 525 passenger flights a week out of Singapore. It operates in four segments namely airlines operations
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in the main text. 2 Corporate Strategy: Emirates Airline By Student How has Emirate airline managed to remain competitive in such a saturated industry? Emirates Airline “An exceptional journey from start to finish” (Emirates, 2010). 3 Introduction: ............................................................................................................................... 4 Background to Emirates Airline: ..........................................................
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British airways Executive Summary: British Airways is one of the International Airlines that provides its flights to 570 destinations in 133 territories. It mainly operates from the Heathrow and Gatwick. It faces many problems like 531 million pounds loss in revenue because of lack of international market study, employee relationship (strike problem) and many more. Hence an effective strategy is the only chance to overcome these problems. The strategy of British Airways includes the innovation
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