...AirAsia Berhad (284669-W) Annual Report 2010 Annual Report 2010 welcome on board. AirAsiA BerhAd AnnuAl report 2010 A Promise mAde, A Pledge KePt When AirAsiA stArted out As A loW-cost Airline in 2002, We pledged to mAke Air trAvel AffordAble for everybody. todAy, nine yeArs doWn our corporAte journey, We knoW We hAve kept to our initiAl promise. in october 2010, we flew our 100 millionth guest, a young, newly married indonesian housewife who was going to visit her husband working in india. Just as we made her travel dream come true, we are delighted to have done the same for more than 100 million guests. We have kept our fares down thanks to our disciplined focus on keeping our operating costs the lowest among the world’s airlines. We offer a million free tickets every year. While enabling everyone to fly, we are also connecting people to places that were never connected by air before. We have achieved our Vision of being the largest low-cost airline in Asia, serving those who previously had no access nor the means to enjoy air travel. We have done this by staying close to our Mission of: • • • being the best company to work for, treating each Allstar as a member of our extended AirAsia family creating a globally recognised ASEAN brand maintaining the highest quality product, embracing technology to reduce costs and enhance service levels Central to our promise is our great team of Allstars who have proven time and again that hard work, creativity,...
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...AirAsia Berhad (284669-W) Annual Report 2010 Annual Report 2010 welcome on board. AirAsiA BerhAd AnnuAl report 2010 A Promise mAde, A Pledge KePt When AirAsiA stArted out As A loW-cost Airline in 2002, We pledged to mAke Air trAvel AffordAble for everybody. todAy, nine yeArs doWn our corporAte journey, We knoW We hAve kept to our initiAl promise. in october 2010, we flew our 100 millionth guest, a young, newly married indonesian housewife who was going to visit her husband working in india. Just as we made her travel dream come true, we are delighted to have done the same for more than 100 million guests. We have kept our fares down thanks to our disciplined focus on keeping our operating costs the lowest among the world’s airlines. We offer a million free tickets every year. While enabling everyone to fly, we are also connecting people to places that were never connected by air before. We have achieved our Vision of being the largest low-cost airline in Asia, serving those who previously had no access nor the means to enjoy air travel. We have done this by staying close to our Mission of: • • • being the best company to work for, treating each Allstar as a member of our extended AirAsia family creating a globally recognised ASEAN brand maintaining the highest quality product, embracing technology to reduce costs and enhance service levels Central to our promise is our great team of Allstars who have proven time and again that hard work, creativity,...
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...Arts Elixir Mgmt. Arts 51 (2012) 11164-11171 AirAsia Berhad: Strategic analysis of a leading low cost carrier in the Asian region Yasmin Yashodha Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus, No. 1 Jalan Taylor's, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia. A R TI C L E I N F O Art i c l e h i st ory : Received: 9 July 2012; Received in revised form: 13 October 2012; Accepted: 30 October 2012; K ey w or d s Strategic analysis, Region, Low cost, Extensive. ABSTRACT This study examines the extensive strategic analysis of AirAsia Berhad that has enabled it to sustain its competitive advantage as Asia’s leading low cost carrier (LCC). The study demonstrates the diverse business-level, corporate level and competitive strategies of AirAsia Berhad, played crucial roles in the LCC to successfully penetrate the under-served market segment of the airline industry within the ASEAN region. An in-depth analysis using a wide array of academic resources, relevant financial, legal and management resources and authorized websites, including face-to-face interviews were used to provide a more consequential comprehension on the varied business and international strategies that were implemented by AirAsia Berhad. This research exhibits critical analysis pertaining to the current macro environment of the aviation industry which includes the PESTEL framework and Porter’s Industry Analysis. The competitive environment analysis for AirAsia Berhad is thoroughly scrutinised to examine the driving...
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...AirAsia : Indeed the Sky's the Limit! ASIAN JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT CASES, 7(1), 2010: 7–31 SAGE PUBLICATIONS LOS ANGELES/LONDON/NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE/WASHINGTON DC DOI: 10.1177/097282011000700103 Lead Article AIRASIA: INDEED THE SKY’S THE LIMIT! Rizal Ahmad This article details the development of AirAsia Malaysia from 2005 to 2008 and builds on a prior case, ‘AirAsia: The Sky’s the Limit’. Within only four years, AirAsia managed to expand its operations into another ten countries. In addition, through its associate company AsiaX, it launched long-haul low-cost air services from Malaysia to Australia and the United Kingdom. The article documents AirAsia’s marketing strategy and discusses its approach towards ‘market development’ and ‘product development’. The Blue Ocean Strategy concept is used as a tool to examine AirAsia’s strategic moves. Keywords: Low-cost airlines, budget airlines, marketing strategy, Asian entrepreneurship In the case study ‘AirAsia: The Sky’s the Limit’, the authors Ahmad and Neal (2006) discussed AirAsia’s comeback from a debt-laden scheduled airline (US$ 10.5 million in December 2001. The airline was bought by Tune Air for a token sum of one ringgit1 or 0.26 US cents) to a profitable low-cost or budget airline that managed to attract US$ 200 million in additional capital through its initial public offering in October 2004. AirAsia Berhad or Malaysia AirAsia (hereafter referred to as AirAsia) was credited for its efforts in enabling Malaysian...
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...ASIAN JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT CASES, 7(1), 2010: 7–31 SAGE PUBLICATIONS LOS ANGELES/LONDON/NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE/WASHINGTON DC DOI: 10.1177/097282011000700103 Lead Article AIRASIA: INDEED THE SKY’S THE LIMIT! Rizal Ahmad This article details the development of AirAsia Malaysia from 2005 to 2008 and builds on a prior case, ‘AirAsia: The Sky’s the Limit’. Within only four years, AirAsia managed to expand its operations into another ten countries. In addition, through its associate company AsiaX, it launched long-haul low-cost air services from Malaysia to Australia and the United Kingdom. The article documents AirAsia’s marketing strategy and discusses its approach towards ‘market development’ and ‘product development’. The Blue Ocean Strategy concept is used as a tool to examine AirAsia’s strategic moves. Keywords: Low-cost airlines, budget airlines, marketing strategy, Asian entrepreneurship In the case study ‘AirAsia: The Sky’s the Limit’, the authors Ahmad and Neal (2006) discussed AirAsia’s comeback from a debt-laden scheduled airline (US$ 10.5 million in December 2001. The airline was bought by Tune Air for a token sum of one ringgit1 or 0.26 US cents) to a profitable low-cost or budget airline that managed to attract US$ 200 million in additional capital through its initial public offering in October 2004. AirAsia Berhad or Malaysia AirAsia (hereafter referred to as AirAsia) was credited for its efforts in enabling Malaysian people to travel by air to destinations in...
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...market. Each Airplanes Company in the world tries to conduct strong strategies to compete with another competitor. Therefore, AirAsia keep changing the company strategies to meet the customer needs and wants to continuing take the leading position. This business philosophy is also help to avoid the any commercial mean that is harm to the organization and not so easy to let others company outside follow the pace of progress of AirAsia. AirAsia, as a company that no need any other introduction in ASEAN, where connecting people and places across 132 routes, 40 of which are offered by no other airline. AirAsia is one of the award winning and largest low fare airlines in the Asia expanding rapidly since 2001. AirAsia believes in the no-frills, hassle-free, low fare business concept and feels that keeping costs low requires high efficiency in every part of the business. Through the corporate philosophy of “Now Everyone Can Fly”, AirAsia has sparked a revolution in air travel with more and more people around the region choosing AirAsia as their preferred choice of transport. From an airline with two aircraft plying six routes in Malaysia in January 2002, AirAsia has soared in the last nine years to cover 65 destinations in 18 countries. Today, employing more than 8,000 staff and with a market capitalisation of just over RM7.06 billion (as at 31 December 2010), it is the only Truly ASEAN airline, serving the region’s 600 million population from 10 hubs in three countries - Kuala Lumpur...
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...INB70012 Global Business Strategy Semester 1, 2015 Strategy Analysis of AirAsia Convenor : Dr Aron Perenyi & Lecturer Students : Natalia Knets Emma Dalton Gautham Raju Markus Arian Shakoor (1704583) * Executive Summary * Content page Executive Summary II Content III Figures IV 1 Introduction 1 2 Mission, Vision and Core Values 1 3 External Environment Analysis 2 4 Internal Environment Analysis 4 5 Current Strategy Analysis 7 5.1 Corporate and International Strategy 7 5.2 Business Strategy 9 6 Strategy Fit 9 6.1 Financial Performance Analysis 9 6.2 SWOT Analysis 11 7 Strategy Recommendations 14 References 15 * Figures page Figure 1: Structure of AirAsia 8 Introduction AirAsia is a Malaysian low-cost carrier (LCC) and has been established in 1994 by DRB-Hicom. In 2001 Tony Fernandes took over the company and remains the CEO of the AirAsia Group. Fernandes turned the company from a small airline with two aircrafts operating to one destination with 250 staff (AirAsia 2015a) into the number one LCC operating in Asia. Today it operates on 132 routes, connecting 65 destinations in 18 countries with over 8,000 staff (AirAsia 2015b). The group services almost 12 million passengers per year with 171 aircrafts (AirAsia 2015c). This report provides a comprehensive strategy analysis of Air Asia. First the mission, vision and core values of AirAsia are presented. Next the external environment of the company will...
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...AirAsia Berhad (284669-W) 25-5, Block H, Jalan PJU 1/37, Dataran Prima, 47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia Tel : (603) 78809318 Fax : (603) 78806318 E-mail : investorrelations@airasia.com Website : www.airasia.com CONTENTS AirAsia Berhad | annual report 2007 Our Dreams and Aspirations To be the largest low cost airline in Asia serving the 3 billion people who currently are underserved with poor connectivity and high fares. G G 2 4 7 8 12 20 22 24 26 30 32 34 36 40 42 43 44 46 47 48 52 53 54 56 60 62 66 68 72 76 81 82 83 152 156 157 G Our Dreams and Aspirations Corporate Profile Five Year Financial Highlights Share Performance Chairman’s Statement Group Chief Executive Officer’s Report AirAsia’s Strategy for Success Route Network Safety Product Development Go Holiday The Sky is Your Limit Champion of Low Fares AirAsia Roars Into Formula One One AirAsia Our People, Our Pride Investing In Our Future Major Milestones Serving You Better from Our 2nd LCC Terminal Awards & Accolades AirAsia Cares AirAsia Group Corporate Information Board of Directors Directors’ Profile Senior Management Senior Management Profile Managing Risk to Maximise Returns AirAsia Financial Snapshots Statement on Corporate Governance Audit Committee Report Statement on Internal Control Additional Compliance Information Financial Statement Analysis of Shareholdings List of Properties Held Notice of Annual General Meeting Proxy Form To be the best company to work for where employees...
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...by Ryanair and easyjet in europe Monopoly Operator Malaysian Airlines Promotional fare as low as MYR 1 Started 1993 Boought by tony Fernandez in 2001 AirAsia, the heavily-indebted subsidiary of the Malaysian government-owned conglomerate, DRB-Hicom, was quickly losing money. Fernandes mortgaged his home and used his personal savings to acquire the company, comprising two ageing Boeing 737-300 jets (9M-AAA and 9M-AAB) and US$11 million (RM40 million) worth of debts, for one ringgit (about 26 US cents), and transformed it into an industry player. One year after his takeover, AirAsia had broken even and cleared all its debts DRB-HICOM assembles cars in Malaysia for Honda, Isuzu, Suzuki, Mercedes-Benz[1] and Volkswagen,[2][3] with plans for expansion. REFERENCE http://www.airasia.com/ask/template.do?id=429 PARIS, 19 JUNE 2013 – AirAsia is named the World’s Best and Asia’s Best Low Cost Airline for the fifth consecutive year at the 2013 World Airline Awards. AirAsia X, the low cost, long haul affiliate carrier of the AirAsia Group also received the World’s Best Low Cost Airline – Premium Class and World’s Best Low Cost Airline – Premium Class Seat title. The Skytrax World Airline Awards is the global benchmark of airline excellence and one of the most prestigious accolades for the airline industry. This annual global survey is conducted over a 10-month period, covering over 200 airlines from the largest international airlines to smaller domestic carriers and travelers...
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...THE RISE OF TONY FERNANDES AND AIRASIA IN MALAYSIA1 SHAHRIL EASHAK ISMAIL Monash Asia Institute, Monash University, Caulfield East Vic 3145, Australia Email: seism1@student.monash.edu 1 This paper was presented to the 18 Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association th of Australia in Adelaide, 5-8 July 2010. It has been peer reviewed via a double referee process and appears on the Conference Proceedings Website by the permission of the author who retains copyright. This paper may be downloaded for fair use under the Copyright Act (1954), its later amendments and other relevant legislation. 2 The Rise of Tony Fernandes and AirAsia in Malaysia This article discusses the emergence of Tony Fernandes and AirAsia. At first, when AirAsia was relaunched as a Low-Cost Carrier (LCC) under the leadership of Fernandes, no one thought the airliner would survive, let alone become a symbol of the liberalisation of the aviation industry in Southeast Asia. Second, Fernandes, a Malaysian Indian of Portuguese Malaccan descent – obviously not a Bumiputra2 - was able to thrive as an entrepreneur in an environment where the government gave top priority to Bumiputra entrepreneurs. These issues are discussed in this paper. Malaysia’s New Economic Policy (NEP) The Malaysian Government has played a significant role in Malaysia’s rapid economic growth. After the independence in August 1957, the economy shifted...
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...THE RISE OF TONY FERNANDES AND AIRASIA IN MALAYSIA1 SHAHRIL EASHAK ISMAIL Monash Asia Institute, Monash University, Caulfield East Vic 3145, Australia Email: seism1@student.monash.edu 1 This paper was presented to the 18 Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association th of Australia in Adelaide, 5-8 July 2010. It has been peer reviewed via a double referee process and appears on the Conference Proceedings Website by the permission of the author who retains copyright. This paper may be downloaded for fair use under the Copyright Act (1954), its later amendments and other relevant legislation. 2 The Rise of Tony Fernandes and AirAsia in Malaysia This article discusses the emergence of Tony Fernandes and AirAsia. At first, when AirAsia was relaunched as a Low-Cost Carrier (LCC) under the leadership of Fernandes, no one thought the airliner would survive, let alone become a symbol of the liberalisation of the aviation industry in Southeast Asia. Second, Fernandes, a Malaysian Indian of Portuguese Malaccan descent – obviously not a Bumiputra2 - was able to thrive as an entrepreneur in an environment where the government gave top priority to Bumiputra entrepreneurs. These issues are discussed in this paper. Malaysia’s New Economic Policy (NEP) The Malaysian Government has played a significant role in Malaysia’s rapid economic growth. After the independence in August 1957, the economy shifted...
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...TABLE OF CONTENT CONTENT | PAGE NUMBER | INTRODUCTION | 2 | TASK A | 3 | TASK B | 4-7 | TASK C | 8-18 | TASK D | 19-25 | CONCLUSION | 26 | RECOMMENDATION | 27-29 | REFFERENCES | 30-31 | INTRODUCTION A REVOLUTIONARY NAME IN AIR TRAVEL REACHES GREATER HEIGHTS (airasia) AirASia is indeed on its way on becoming the dominant player in the airline industry, It is a low cost airline based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia who operates scheduled domestic and international flights. The company is Asia’s largest low fare, no frills airlines, a pioneered low cost travelling in Asia. Also the first airline in the region to implement fully ticketless travel and unassigned seats. Their main base is in the Low cost Carrier Terminal(LCCT) at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). They also have associates with the airlines Thai Air Asia and Indonesia Air Asia fly from Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thailand and Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Indonesia. The airlines established in 1993 and started operations on 18 November 1996. It was originally founded by a government-owned conglomerate DRB – Hicom. On December 2, 2001 the heavily – indebted airlines was purchased by the former Time Warner executive Tony Fernandes’s company Tune Air Sdn Bhd for the token sum of one ringgit. Fernandes proceeded to engineer a remarkable turnaround, turning a profit in 2002 and launching new routes from its hub in Kuala Lumpur International Airport at breakneck speed, undercutting former...
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...1.0 Executive Summary This report aims to analyze and evaluate the international joint ventures conducted by one of the world best low cost airlines, Air Asia, through their operation years. In particular, Air Asia Indonesia, Thailand, Expedia and Air Asia Japan are being chosen to probe into This research put priority on the factors that turn Air Asia Indonesia, Expedia and Air Asia Thailand into a success throughout their operational year. The Successful International Joint Ventures of Air Asia have gained themselves the benefits from acquainting the right market orientations, in which they have secured a great amount of customers respectively. This leads Air Asia Indonesia and Air Asia Expedia to gain a massive profit and become the dominant airline being in their respective nations. Besides, the commitment is also one of the main contributing factors to the success of Air Asia IJV as well as Economy conditions of host countries had been a major factor to success in IJV. In depth analysis of local GDP of Thailand had granted Thai Air Asia to achieve their business objectives. Throughout the research, it shows that Air Asia Expedia and Thai Air Asia and Indonesia Air Asia have spared no efforts in order to succeed in the aviation industry. Conversely, this research also identified a failed IJV in Air Asia operation with Japan. The main reason behind this failed IJV was usage difficulties found in online booking website of Air Asia. These factors have led to Air Asia Japan...
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...FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT ___________________________________________________________________________ BBPS4103 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT 1 ___________________________________________________________________________ Name: MariammahSuprumaniam Matric number: 820116065716-001 NRIC: 820116-06-5716 Telephone number: 017- 6151 840 E-mail address: sanma_forever@hotmail.com In this assignment I’m going to discuss about three small businesses which differentiate in the aspect of the strategies, Vasu Mini Market, MULTI Restaurant and Evergreen Spa. Firstof all let me start with Vasu Mini Market which nearer to my place, Senawang. The owner of the mini market is Mr. Vasu,even though he is the owner but it is managed by the whole family also can say as smallfamily business. Many customers from far and nearer came to purchase at Vasu Mini Market. The main reason why many customer purchase in Vasu Mini Market even though nearer have many Mini market and supermarket because the prices for many products at Vasu Mini market are even cheaper and reasonable than others nearby. In the statement that given clearly we can defined that Vasu Mini market using cost leadership strategy. Cost leadership is about organizing all your resources around producing goods and services at the lowest cost possible. By having the lowest costs associated with providing your products, you put your business in the unique position of being able to charge your customers the lowest price...
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...named Air Asia Berhad, the company is a Malaysian-based low-cost airline founded in 1933. Air Asia is Asia’s largest low-fare, no-frills airline and a pioneer of low-cost travel in Asia. Air Asia won the Skytrax World’s best low-cost airline award in 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011. It has the world’s lowest operating costs at 0.035 US dollars per seat-kilometer in 2010. It is also the first airline in the region to implement fully ticketless air travel and unassigned seats. The group currently operates scheduled domestic and international flights to 80 destinations (including subsidiaries routes) across 25 countries and with over 400 daily flights covering Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand and for international routes mostly from Kuala Lumpur to Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, France, Iran, India, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, New Zealand, Philippines, South Korea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and Vietnam. Air Asia’s main hub is at Kuala Lumpur International Airport as well as the head office of the company and its affiliated airlines, Thai Air Asia and Indonesia Air Asia, have hubs in Suvarnabhumi Airport and Soekarno-Hatta International Airport.In this assignment,we will obtain information about AirAsia more. TASK A: DEFINITION OF MARKETING #1: * “Marketing is the management process responsible for identifying, anticipating and satisfying customer requirements profitably”. Source: Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) (http://www.studymode.com) ...
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