Unauthenticated | 62.189.189.132 Download Date | 6/6/13 12:08 PM Carbaugh and Ghosh: United-Continental Merger United-Continental Merger On May 2, 2010, the Boards of Directors at United Airlines and Continental Airlines approved a stock-swap deal that will combine them into the world’s largest airline. The combined carrier will have 21 percent of domestic flying capacity, taking the lead from Delta Air Lines, which will lose what had been its leading 20 percent share of the domestic market
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Case Analysis COMPANY NAME: Southwest Airlines Co, Inc. INDUSTRY: Southwest Airline, Inc. COMPANY WEBSITE: (http://www.southwest.com/html/about-southwest/history/fact-sheet.html) COMPANY BACKGROUND: Southwest Airlines traces its roots to the March 15, 1967 incorporation of Air Southwest Co. by Rollin King and Herb Kelleher to provide service within the state of Texas. Southwest Airlines was incorporated in Texas and commenced Customer Service on June 18, 1971, with three Boeing 737 aircraft
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Jetairways Mission:- To be the most preferred domestic airline in India. It will be the automatic first choice carrier for the travelling public and set standards, which other competing airlines will seek to match. To achieve this pre-eminent position by offering a high quality of service and reliable, comfortable and efficient operations. Jet Airways will achieve these objectives whilst simultaneously ensuring consistent profitability, achieving healthy, long-term returns for the investors and
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PEST Analysis: The Indian Airline Industry A PEST analysis is an analysis of the external macro-environment that affects all firms. P.E.S.T. is an acronym for the Political, Economic, Social, and Technological factors of the external macro-environment. Such external factors usually are beyond the firm's control and sometimes present themselves as threats. For this reason, some say that "pest" is an appropriate term for these factors. Let us look at the PEST analysis of the Indian aviation
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#5 Southwest Airlines Strayer University BUS599016VA016-1116-001 Strategic Management September 4, 2011 Abstract This paper examines the corporate culture at Southwest Airlines. The paper will also evaluate the company’s financial performance. Strategic decisions Southwest management should take in order to sustain their cultural strength will also be discussed. Corporate Culture/Leadership Actions for Strategy Implementation Assignment #5 Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines
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THE 7’S FRAMEWORK OF THE INDIGO AIRLINES. Strategy - three key tenets for success of indigo are affordable fares, on-time performance and hassel-free travel. These may seem like big words, but I personally experienced this while flying the airline. The fare was the second-lowest on the sector I flew, and I picked the flight because of its superior on-time performance as compared to others on the same route. In fact, even in-flight, there was emphasis on these three tenets, especially on-time performance
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Classic Airlines and Marketing When a company facing a global downturn, it will try its best to survive and still make a profit. Classic Airlines has been struggling with many problems from both internal and external factors (University of Phoenix, 2011.) Gathering information from internal record and utilizing the marketing intelligence system should reveal the challenges that the Classic Airlines’ management team is facing. By conducting environmental scanning, the marketing managers should
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as the recommendation that the company may consider. 2. Company Background PT Lion Mentari Airlines, also as know as Lion air, is Indonesia’s largest private airline company. Lion air started to operate in 2000 with only one borrowed plane. Furthermore, by stick to the “no-frills”, low-fare flights for underserved and remote destinations, recent years lion air become as indonesia’s largest private airline company, with more than 36 destinations (more than 36 cities in Indonesia and few overseas)
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DAF/COMP(2014)14 06-Jun-2014 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ English - Or. English DIRECTORATE FOR FINANCIAL AND ENTERPRISE AFFAIRS COMPETITION COMMITTEE DAF/COMP(2014)14 Unclassified AIRLINE COMPETITION -- Background Paper by the Secretariat -18-19 June 2014 This document was prepared by the OECD Secretariat to serve as a background note for Item IX at the 121st meeting of OECD Competition Committee on 18-19 June 2014. The opinions expressed
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Southwest Airlines Julie Cortez-Knapp Management 103 Week 1/May 25, 2013 Instructor Holly Andrews Southwest Airlines The corporate culture of Southwest Airlines has changed over the years. From a culture of hot pants wearing flight attendants; who were liable for any telecom contest with passengers. Emerging to shared goals, shared knowledge and mutual respect for the national company. In order to relieve workers from the high stress environment;
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