Five Forces model of Airline Industry Air travel has changed the way people live and experience the world today. The airline industry is a strategic sector that plays a fundamental role in the globalization of other industries since it promotes tourism, world trade, foreign investment and, therefore, leads to economic growth. However, all airlines within the industry operate in a highly dynamic environment where various legal, social, technological and economic forces interact with each other
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Introduction Delta Air Lines Inc. is an international airline based in the United States and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. This company was formed in 1924 and grows into a major airline that serves more than 160 million customers each year. With its unsurpassed global network, Delta and Delta Connection carriers offer service to more than 350 destinations in nearly seventy countries on six continents. Delta employs 80,000 employees worldwide and operates a mainline fleet of more than 700
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Southwest Airlines 1. Why has Southwest Airlines been so much more successful than its competitors? After initially reading this case study on Southwest Airlines, I have come to the conclusion that Southwest Airlines is a very successful company. Southwest Airlines prides themselves in customer satisfaction. There first goal is making sure the customers are completely satisfied. They made flying more of a joy than a chore. There was no first class, no assigned seating, and this cut down on
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Justin Flatt Mgmt. 439.01 March 8, 2012 Case Study #3 SkyWest, Inc., and the Regional Airline Industry in 2009 Situation: The regional airline industry specializes in short-haul flights that operate to serve as feeder airlines transporting passengers to and from major hub airports that have larger aircraft and the ability to cover a larger geographical area. Regional airlines partner with major airlines to create an efficient hub and spoke system. Major carriers pay regional airlines a fee
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Classic Airlines is up against not just one challenge but several challenges they need to deal with. Unfortunately travel has decreased as a result of uncertainty with regards to flying; this has forced the stock prices to be reduce decreasing the price of a share of Classic Airlines stock by 10% over the previous year. The negative messages being conveyed by Wall Street and the media is bringing employee morale down to an all time low. Consumer confidence in the airline has resulted in a 19% decrease
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Company Profile •Aer Lingus is the national airline of Ireland. It is headquartered at Dublin Airport, Ireland. •The airline operates 43 aircraft and carries on average 10 million passengers per annum. •The airline's primary mission is to connect Ireland with the world and the world to Ireland by offering its customers the best product in the Irish airline market at a competitive price. The airline’s primary markets are Ireland, the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States. The Irish people
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A. Compute the value of each the following risk ratios: 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 (1) Current Ratio(at the end of 2000-2004) 0.607 0.739 0.604 0.557 0.611 (2) CFO to CL Ratio(for 2001-2004) -0.186 0.023 0.035 0.041 N/A (3) Liabilities to Assets Ratio(at the end of 2000-2004) 125.32% 101.48% 95.32% 82.95% 74.57% (4) LT Debt to LT Capital Ratio(at the end of 2000-2004) 178.98% 103.60% 89.22% 65.91% 50.97% (5) CFO to Total Liabilities Ratio(for 2001-2004) -0.042 0.006 0.010 0.013 N/A (6) Interest
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* Is the airline industry an attractive industry? No. Average ROI for airlines between 1992 and 2006 was 5.9% compared to U.S. industry average ROI of 14.9% (The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy, Porter). Overall competitive forces are medium to high making the airline industry less profitable than other industries. * Factor impacting industry profitability: * Mature business * Oil price * Fatal accidents * Videoconferencing, VOIP (Skype), etc. reduce frequency
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Industrial Relations in HR A section of ground employees of Air India walked out of their assigned duty stations on May 25, 2010 afternoon protesting against a gag order against speaking out in public issued by the management after the crash at Mangalore airport on May 22, 2010. The Air India employees went on strike also to protest a delay in payment of salaries and problems relating to the working conditions of the cabin crew. Several flights all over India were cancelled and passengers were
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