and Herb Kelleher, King’s lawyer, got together and decided to start a different kind of airline that would provide a short-haul, low-fair, high-frequency, point-to-point service in the United States. The company began service on June 18, 1971 with flights between Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio (“The Golden Triangle” as Herb called it), under the direction of Lamar Muse, who was brought in as a CEO. Muse was an aggressive and self confident airline veteran who knew the business well and who has
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emotional intelligence. To better understand my emotional intelligence, I took two self-assessment quizzes on-line. The results of the assessments allowed me to recognize and analyze my managerial competencies, and learn about my emotional strengths and weaknesses. The results revealed that my EQ was high on first quiz and above the average on the second one. I learned that I am strong in Self-Management; I am skilled at interpreting, understanding, and acting upon my emotions. I can keep disruptive
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almost 28 million scheduled flight departures and carried over 2 billion passengers In the US airline industry, approximately 100 certificated passenger airlines operate over 11 million flight departures per year, and carry over one-third of the world’s total air traffic – US airlines enplaned 745 million passengers in 2006. US airlines reported over $160 billion in total revenues, with approximately 545,000 employees and over 8,000 aircraft operating 31,000 flights per day http://web.mit.edu/airlines/analysis/analysis_airline_industry
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America, Europe and Asia 3. Hong Kong Market Analysis 3.1 Competitive Landscape 3.2 Major Budget Airlines in Hong Kong 3.3 Market Analysis 3.4 Target Customer Analysis 4. SWOT Analysis of Budget Airlines 4.1 Strengths 4.2 Weaknesses 4. 3 Opportunities 4.4 Threats 5. Analysis of Success Factors in Budget Airline Industry 5.1 AirAsia’s Success in Asia 5.2 Oasis’s Failure in Hong Kong 6. Conclusion 1. Introduction In September 2013
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point-to-point strategy. Additionally, in order to protect from volatile fuel prices, it would be prudent to expand the fuel-efficiency of the fleet by capitalizing on Boeing’s most recent advances. Southwest must also maintain its position as the ‚hassle-free low-cost carrier. These strategies, combined with a continued dedication to customer service, will allow Southwest to maintain, and even expand, its market position in
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Tows Analysis TOWS Analysis is a variant of the classic business tool, SWOT Analysis. TOWS and SWOT are acronyms for different arrangements of the words Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. By analyzing the external environment (threats and opportunities), and your internal environment (weaknesses and strengths), you can use these techniques to think about the strategy of your whole organization, a department or a team. You can also use them to think about a process, a marketing campaign
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considered one of the best companies for America to work for (Our History). SWOT ANALYSIS: Strengths: The strengths for Southwest Airlines are one of the lowest airfares offered, which attracts more customers because of the same quality, but with less cost. They also have no fees for the first two baggage cost. Many other airlines charge expensive fees for one bag, which loses their customers. Weaknesses: Southwest Airlines has a limited amount of cities that it flies to, which are about 70 cities
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functions primarily on point-to-point service rather than focusing on hub and spoke service. About 78% of the passengers of the airline travel on non-stop flights and the Company predominantly serve short-haul routes with flights operating highly frequent. (Southwest Airlines Company profile, 2011) SWOT ANALYSIS: Strengths: By far the biggest strength of Southwest Airlines is the ability of the company to offer reliable low-cost prices; they are also able to maintain lower operating cost which enhances
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Factors analysis. 2.0 Analysis 2.1 Analysis SWOT is stand for Strength, Weakness, Opportunities and Threats. According to Robert (2004), SWOT analysis aims to identify as well as analyze internal strengths and weaknesses of a company. It also analyzes opportunities and threats that the environment has on a corporation. SWOT analysis can help companies to enhance their strengths and opportunities as well as minimize their weaknesses. Due to Nadine and Anne (2007), SWOT is a useful tool for decision
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Growth, Analysis, Space, Key Vendors, Demand, Insights, Technology, Report, Forecast 2015-2019" About Aircraft Engine MRO In the aerospace industry, engine MRO is carried out at regular intervals after an aircraft reaches the certain flight hour or flight cycle. Engine MRO includes performing routine checks or major overhauls to maintain the condition of an aircraft engine as per the requirements of operators. Engine MRO overhaul work usually involves off-wing disassembly, inspection, repair
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