...Pricing strategies of low cost airlines Keith J Mason Air Transport Group Cranfield University K.Mason@Cranfield.ac.uk 1. Introduction Low cost airlines such as EasyJet, and Ryanair have developed quickly in the European market in the last five years. The UK market has seen the most dramatic development where by the summer of 2001, these carriers accounted for over 22% of the short haul capacity from London and were present in 58% of the 128 short haul routes operated from this city (source: OAG, 2001). During a five-year period from 1997, the seat capacity offered from London has risen by 17%, and virtually all of this rise (95.4%) was attributable to the low cost carriers. The low cost carriers have both penetrated and grown these markets, principally by garnering a consumer perception that the fares offered are very low. This perception has been developed in no small part by extensive advertising and effective use of public relations. For example, Ryanair has offered fares as low as one penny (plus taxes), and therefore it is not surprising that there is great media coverage of these carriers, which in turn generates more interest in the services. Both Ryanair and EasyJet have been very effective in using media coverage of their legal wrangles with traditional carriers such as British Airways and Lufthansa to promote their services and low fares. While the media has helped these airlines communicate their message of low fares to the public...
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...of easyJet easyJet is Europe’s leading low fares airline. Formed in 1995 by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, it has grown rapidly to become Europe’s fourth largest airline by passengers carried. Sir Stelios has credited easyJet’s success to two strategic imperatives. The first was “sweating the assets”, that is making sure that the planes were as full as possible and flying as much as possible. The second was a sophisticated yield management system which would set an infinite number of fares for a given flight, based on the demand and supply position for that flight. The prices for the seats fluctuated depending on the demand for them at a particular time. easyJet was the first LCC to start the sale of its airline tickets online. In 1999, Stelios was voted London Entrepreneur of the Year at the London Electricity Londoner of the Year Awards. In the same year, easyJet was voted «Best Low Cost Airline» by readers of Business Traveler magazine for the first time. easyJet was selected as a Business Superbrand by the Superbrand Council which recognizes companies with an outstanding brand name in November 1999. Other Superbrand companies include such globally-recognized names as Virgin, Coca-Cola and Manchester United. In December 1999, ‘Marketing’ magazine described the launch of easyJet as «one of the 100 great marketing moments of the 20th century». Stelios entered the Guinness Book of Records for being the world’s youngest international scheduled airline chairman when he launched easyJet in 1995...
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...Contents 1 about easyJet 2 easyJet company background and history 4 the easyJet fleet of aircraft 5 the easyJet route network 6 easyJet plc – financial performance 7 flying with easyJet 9 easyJet Holidays 10 easyJet Innovation 12 AVOID ash detection project 13 severi satellite and inversion modelling 14 electric green taxiing system (EGTS) project 15 easyJet’s Board & management team 2 About easyJet headline facts > over 55m passengers each year across its network easyJet was founded in 1995 by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou with the vision of creating a customer focused brand that would revolutionise the concept of air travel. More than fifteen years on, easyJet is Europe’s leading airline, and the UK’s largest, carrying over 55m passengers a year. > UK’s largest airline carrying more than 29m passengers > leading presence on Europe’s top 100 routes (EZY 49; BA/ Iberia 43; LH-Swiss 41; RYA 32; AF/KLM 22) > operates on over 600 routes across over 30 countries > holds a strong position in key markets: No. 1 in Gatwick, Milan and Geneva > operates a fleet of over 200 aircraft with an average fleet age of around 4 years > employs over 8,000 people including 2,000 pilots and 4,500 cabin crew > flies to 44 out of Europe’s 50 largest airports > 300 million people live within a one hour drive of an easyJet carrier Making travel easy and affordable easyJet offers fantastic value:...
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...P1, P2 Internet marketing The internet has the power to connect in a lot of different ways, the internet connect computers from all over the world with each other. Because of this reason it’s a very powerful communication channel, what a lot of businesses use for their marketing. By using the internet they have got new tools to get in connection with potential customers, segment and target, and by using the internet they can serve their customers better. Customers get the opportunity to be in contact with the company over the internet and give them feedback online. In this way business can give form to products and services according to their requirements. If a company uses internet marketing it can help them to archive their strategy. Traditional marketing such as radio, tv and posters are known as push marketing. Push marketing is marketing in one direction. Internet marketing is known as pull medium, when using internet marketing individual customers make the decision to visit the website of the company, when they want that. In this way marketing is always offered in one-to-one bass. The marketing mix Classical marketing uses a mix of different tactics, those are based on the four Ps. The four Ps are product, price, place, promotion. Marketers use the four Ps to make a tactic mix, created to achieve their business aims and objectives. Product: When using marketing you consider the futures of a product offered to a certain kind of market or part of market. The...
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...This report analyses and evaluates the potential for EasyJet to continue to be competitive in the UK and Europe but also the opportunity to expand into India INTRODUCTION – THE COMPANY AN OVERVIEW Easyjet Airline was established in 1995 by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou a Greek Cypriot as part of EasyGroup Holdings Ltd. He envisaged it as a low cost airline which could impact on the existing domestic market in the UK which was at the time dominated by large British companies such as British Airways and British Midland. The Company started with two leased airplanes and began operating from London Luton to Glasgow and Edinburgh In 1996 they began operating from Luton to Amsterdam and now in 2014, operate on 633 routes across more than 30 countries and own 217 Airbus aircraft. They employ over 8,000 people including 2,000 pilots and 4,500+ cabin crew and in 2013 they flew over 60 million passengers They now claim that “over 300 million people within a one hour drive of an EasyJet airport” (Easyjet About Us 2013) The obvious move for the airline for further growth may now be outside of Europe and India may be the best market to consider. PESTLE Analysis Political/Legal Up to April 1997 the European Airline Market was regulated strictly and each county controlled their own airline companies. After 1997 and deregulation the European market opened up for carriers and subsequently for example an Irish low cost carrier like Ryan Air was allowed to operate between two other European countries...
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...by. It is important for me to know that I have been proactive in helping to create this positive experience and have made a real difference to my customers, an exciting and motivating prospect. Why do you want to work for easy Jet? easyJet are the UK’s number one short haul carrier and to be a part of the organisation would be an honour. Having flown as a passenger I have experienced the personalised service from the crew and I would take pride to be a part of the ‘orange spirit’ with the ability to be able to add personal touches and make a customer’s on-board experience unforgettable. The easyJet culture appears to empower all employees within their role to be a part of such a fast growing organisation. Our customers expect our cabin crew to be professional at all times, how would you ensure that you meet our customers’ expectations? It is imperative that I remain professional at all times, following the companies ethos and regulations, my language and behaviour even when on and off duty or down route must remain professional and appropriate to ensure in the eyes of the customer the brand is unblemished. easyJet caters for customers from all backgrounds; therefore I will alter my services to meet the needs of every customer profile to...
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...growth and success, at the beginning of 2006 the European low cost budget airline sector still faced a number of challenges. Though the industry had consolidated with easyJet’s acquisition of Go and Ryanair’s takeover of Buzz, every month in the new millennium seemed to see the start up of new budget airlines and new routes or bases being announced. There were over 75 in autumn 2004. Leading players, easyJet and Ryanair, had orders between them for over 300 aircraft requiring both to more than double in size in the face of growing competition from new entrants, a fight back by established airlines and powerful tour operators. In the two and a half years to October 2004, average seat prices had continued to fall, and Ryanair had not managed to sell all of its ‘free’ seats on offer in special promotions. Revenues were under attack from extreme overcapacity and costs were hit by high fuel prices. In the future, would there be enough (profitable) growth for all, and where would that growth come from? By early 2005 the decline in average fares had stabilised and Ryanair and easyJet announced encouraging financial results. Despite the continuing rise in the price of fuel in 2005 and 2006 few budget airlines went bankrupt and low cost airlines expanded their networks....
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...Ryanair's Strengths Ryanair’s cost per passenger is the lowest in Europe by some margin, approximately one third lower than that of easyJet... Lowest cost base. Ryanair’s cost per passenger is the lowest in Europe by some margin, approximately one third lower than that of easyJet. Excluding fuel costs, the difference is even starker, with Easyjet’s cost per passenger 67% above that of Ryanair. This unit cost advantage against easyJet stems mainly from airport and handling charges. This, in turn, comes from Ryanair's use of smaller, lower cost airports with fast turnaround times, its bargaining power with airports and the impact of bag and check-in fees on lowering handling and check-in costs at airports. Costs per passenger (EUR, ex fuel) | Ryanair | easyJet | Norwegian | Air Berlin | Spirit | Southwest | Staff | 5 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 33 | Airports & Handling | 8 | 18 | 8 | 26 | 15 | 22 | Route Charges | 6 | 6 | 13 | 8 | - | - | Aircraft O’ship & Maint. | 6 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 17 | Sales & Marketing | 2 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 4 | 2 | Total | 27 | 46 | 65 | 99 | 51 | 74 | % vs Ryanair | - | +67% | +137% | +262% | +86% | +170% | Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation and latest available accounts via Ryanair presentation 28 January 2013 Another important source of unit cost advantage is its labour force, which is more productive and flexible (around 50% of flight crew are contractors employed only when required). It also benefits from high seat density...
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...* Word count or equivalent: 1000 (500 per answer) * Assessment criteria: * To identify the nature of operations management * To analyse the processes of operations management * To analyse management approaches to operations management * To apply operations management to gaining customers and competing * To examine the operational processes and life cycles * Knowledge/understanding of concepts (40%) * Ability to collect, synthesise and apply information (20%) * Ability to generate appropriate conclusions (10%) * Logical structure (10%) * Communication of information/literacy (20%) Introduction * What the question going to be answered is about * This essay aims to answer… and will refer to… and apply examples from the… industry * Body * Begin each paragraph with the main idea/ topic sentence * This tells the reader what the paragraph will be about * Make sure your reader understands the main idea by EXPLAINING or giving a definitions How to.. * Give some EVIDENCE to support your main idea – the evidence should be a direct quotation or paraphrase and supported by a REFERENCE. * CONCLUDE your paragraph by either * linking back to your main idea * linking forward to the main idea in the next paragraph Conclusion * Conclusions are often hard to construct as you want to do more than just repeat everything you have just answered. * Ensure that you reach an overall conclusion...
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...Jet airwaysMerger of Jet Airways & Air Sahara JET AIRWAYS INTRODUCTION Jet Airways (India) Ltd. is an airline based in Mumbai, India, operating domestic and international services. It operates over 330 daily flights to 50 destinations across the country and 6 overseas. Its main base is Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai, with hubs at Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi, Anna International Airport, Chennai, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata, Bangalore International Airport, Bangalore and Brussels Airport, Brussels According to the latest available figures, its share of India's domestic aviation market has increased to over 43% (up from less than 27% a few months ago), and this is still greater than any other Indian domestic operator's market share.[ HISTORY: Jet Airways was incorporated as an "air taxi" operator on 1 April 1992. It started commercial airline operations on 5 May 1993 with a fleet of 4 Boeing 737-300 aircraft. In January 1994 a change in the law enabled Jet Airways to apply for scheduled airline status, which was granted on 4 January 1995. It began international operations to Sri Lanka in March 2004. Plans to acquire rival Air Sahara, announced in January 2006, after some rough patches deal got through. The airline is owned by Tailwinds (owned by Naresh Goyal) (80%) and public shares (20%) and has 10,017 employees (at March 2007). Naresh Goyal, who already owned Jetair (Private) Limited (which provided...
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...Master’s thesis M.Sc. in EU Business & Law An analysis of the European low fare airline industry - with focus on Ryanair Student: Thomas C. Sørensen Student number: 256487 Academic advisor: Philipp Schröder Aarhus School of Business September 13, 2005 1 Table of contents 1. Introduction 1.1. Preface 6 1.2. Research problem 6 1.3. Problem formulation 7 1.4. Delimitation 7 2. Science and methodology approach 2.1. Approaches to science 2.1.1. Ontology 2.1.1.1. Objectivism 2.1.1.2. Constructivism 2.1.2. Epismotology 2.1.2.1. Positivism 2.1.2.2. Hermeneutics 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 2.2. Methodology 2.2.1. Types of research 2.2.2. Types of data 2.2.2.1. Quantitative data 2.2.2.2. Qualitative data 2.2.2.3. Primary and secondary data 11 12 13 13 13 14 2.5 Reliability and validity 15 3. Theoretical framework 3.1. The structure of this thesis 16 3.2. Theory on strategy and competitive advantage 3.2.1. The Positioning School 3.1.1.1. Theory on Porter´s Five Forces model 3.2.1.2. Theory of Generic Strategies 3.2.2. The Resource-based School 3.2.2.1. Theory on SWOT analysis 18 24 20 23 25 27 4. The low fare airline business model 4.1. Introduction 28 4.2. Differences between the LFA model and the FSA model 4.2.1. The service factor 29 29 2 4.2.2. Turnaround times 4.2.3. Homogenous fleet 4.2.4. Point-to-point travel vs hub-and-spoke travel 4.2.5. Higher seat density 4.2...
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...Morgan Stanley Case Study 1 “Morgan Stanley Case Study” Total Rewards Dr. Judie Bucholz Strayer University Robyn L. Snow April 29, 2012 Morgan Stanley Case Study 2 Abstract Morgan Stanley was established by J.P. Morgan Jr in 1935 in New York. Before 1935, Morgan Stanley was only an investment department in J.P. Morgan group. Since its inception in 1935, Morgan Stanley has been a leader in investment management. The company provides a wide range of financial services for individuals and institutional investors. Morgan Stanley investment advisors educate clients at all stages of life in the benefits and risks of investing in mutual funds, stock, and bonds. Working with clients, they help to determine investment strategies based on goals and objectives, the time...
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...LECTURER: SUBMITTED ON: 03.04.2014 STUDENT NAME: Table of Contents Summary…………………………………………………………………………….…………… Page 4 Introduction…………………………………………………………………..………………….. Page 5 1. Ratios…………………………………………………………………………………………. Page 6 2. Evaluation…………………………………………………………………………………… Page 7 3.1. Short term solvency or liquidity ratios Page 7 3.2. Efficiency ratios Page 7 3.3. Profitability ratios Page 8 3.4. Long term solvency ratios Page 8 3.5. Market based investment and other ratios Page 8 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Page 9 Bibliography & References……………………….………………………………………………………………….. Page 10 marketing-audit-and-plan-for-easyjet-airlines-marketing-essay.php 1. List of Tables Table 1.1 Short term solvency or liquidity ratios……………………………………………..... Page 6 Table 1.2 Efficiency ratios……………………………………………………………………..... Page 6 Table 1.3 Profitability ratios……………………………………………………………………... Page 6 Table 1.4 Long term solvency ratios……………………………………………………………. Page 6 Table 1.5 Market based investment and other ratios…………………………………………. Page 7 Summary Wesfarmers financial statement shows improvement in majority areas. Revenue has gone up indicating growth,EBIT and net profit has shown an upward trend in company’s net earnings. The liquidity, efficiency profitability, financing and market ratio indicate the state of health of the company. Basically the solvency, efficiency...
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