Air Asia Case: Q 1) Comment on business level strategy adopted by Air Asia? How has Air Asia achieved cost leadership? Answer 1) High aircraft utilization: Air Asia uses the aircraft in very high frequency and high turnover of flights; these add value to customer convenience and enable low cost. Air Asia has the fastest turnover in its region; is 25 minutes. a) Low fare no frills: Air Asia does not have frequent flyer miles program and private airport lounge. No free foods and beverages
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1.0 Company Background/ Company History. Air Asia was established in 1993 and the operations began in 1996. Air Asia had rather shaky start and the 1997-1998 financial crisis had futher worsen the situation for Air Asia to grow as a low cost carrier. During it dire stage, the company was taken over by Tune Air under the leadership of Dato Tony Fernandes with the help of Conor McCarthy, former Director of Group Operations, Ryanair. Based on Southwest Airlines and Ryanair’s business model, AirAsia
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Mission 4 2. Strategy and the Industry 4 2.1 Analysis and Evaluation of industry Strategy 4 2.2 Global Forces that Impact the Industry 5 2.3 Importance of an Effective Strategy 5 3. Environmental Analysis and the Strategy 6 3.1 Corporate Strategy 6 3.1.1 Evaluation of Current Strategies 7 3.2 Analysis of the Internal Environment 8 3.3 Analysis of the Resources and Capabilities 9 3.4 Analysis of the External Environment 10 3.5 Proposed Change Strategy 11 4. The Relevance of Strategy Models/Frameworks
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manufacturers to create more fuel-efficient aircrafts. Secondly, airlines are becoming more environmentally conscious, partly (or mainly) due to stricter emission and noise regulations. Globally, governments are more concerned with the implications of air travel to issues such as global warming and climate change. This is seen by Australia being one of the first countries to implement a carbon emissions tax, and the EU’s plans to implement a similar initiative. Thirdly, customers have greater choice
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Evaluation of air asias response to tourism Executive summary Air Asia, the market leader of low cost carriers in Asia, shown on the good record of bringing about innovative idea into the industry. The industry itself, especially in the Asian region, is observing a higher growth rate of passenger and profitability. The report examines the organization’s key business structure and operation, products and provides summary analysis of its key revenue lines and strategy. The analysis looks at the
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STRATEGY PROCESS MODELS 1.0 STRATEGIC ANALYSIS Business Process And Operation Air Asia has fostered a dependency on Internet technology for its operational and strategic management, and provides an online ticket booking services to traveler online. The following shows the home page of Air Asia.com as the company key channel of marketing and sales. Exhibit 1 – Air Asia.com Home Page To book a flight with Air Asia, customers can either choose the following channels or simply visit the
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Asian Low Cost Airlines A Strategic Management Analysis Analysis is made from Strategic Alliances between Batch 20 and Batch 21 of SGU MBA Program Written by YopieRissa Pahlawan Arfianto RiaHutari RonyHariadi 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. Rollin King and Herb Kelleher, founder of Southwest Airlines in 1971 SECTION
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Analysis 11 Marketing Objectives 17 Marketing strategy 17 Action Programs 25 Financial Budgeting 26 Implementation Control 27 References 31 Marketing Audit External analysis * Macroenvironment Political Environment Government regulates Airline industry heavily as in other country. In Government regulations of the Malaysian domestic and international aviation industry significantly affect financial performance of Air Asia. All aspect of Air Asia’s domestic airline operations in Malaysia
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Assignment for Strategic Management External influences on growth. All industries are influenced by the external environments, the firm's ability to react quickly tho the changes may help the growth of cripple them. There are 2 main models to help identifying them PESTEL and 5 factors. In the following, I will be discussing the relevant PESTEL tool, with incorporated 5 factor contributions due to the lack of information to plot out the 5 factor model. Politics Rules and legal compliance differs
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Tony was inspired by the Low-Cost Carrier business model of Southwest Airlines and proposed to start a Low-Cost Carrier but the government refused to issue a new license and requested Tony to buy an existing airline. Hence Tune Air set up by Tony and his investors bought Air Asia for a token sum of RM1. Before 2001. AirAsia failed to attract enough passengers from Malaysia Airline to establish its own stand in the market. The turning point for AirAsia was in 2001 subsequent to its purchase by Tony Fernandes
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