2.Evaluation of Business Environment (SWOT/5-Forces Model) 1. Evaluate the progress Cathay Pacific has made on outsourcing their IT activities. Do their ideas make sense to you? Why? 1. Threat of new entrants--LOW * Large capital requirements * Industry regulation * Technical requirements * Pilot shortages * Government control () The airline industry requires large capital and high technical. Also, there are a lot of regulations within the industry. And many government
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Background of Emirates Airlines History: In 1974 after its independence, DUBAI along with the other Emirates was served in the airline service market by a major airline player GULF AIR. Although there were growing tensions in the relationship of the airlines and DUBAI from the beginning due to some inflexible protocols pertaining to sky policies. Due to these reasons GULF AIR in 1985 reduced the number of flights to and from DUBAI by two-third thus straining the relations furthermore. The ruling
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Problems: 1. Was not prepared for competition it started getting after the liberilastion of the economy in 1990. 2. Bloated workforce. Air india has 28000 permanent work staff , doubles jets head count. It operates 127 aircraft , compared with jets 115. 3. Highest employees per aircraft in the world. 200:1 whereas desirable is 130-170 :1 4. Bad management and faulty policies has brought air india to this crisis level. 5. A culture of complete sloth in administration. 6. Complete
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1) Which of Drunker's "7 tasks of tomorrow's manager" does Wolfgang Mayrhuber undertake? Are there any he doesn't undertake and should? ANSWER Manage by Objective : He is expecting operating profits of €1bn in 2008. As part of the treatment, Mr Mayrhuber acquired Swiss, the national airline, in 2005, and improved Lufthansa’s business and first class offerings with better seats and a raft of extra services, including a bespoke first-class terminal at its Frankfurt hub. As a result, premium revenues
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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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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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Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Case A In this case, Hong Kong Dragon Airlines was trying to figure out the appropriate discount rate in order to determine whether purchase or lease an engine for replacing the spare one. Since Dragon Airlines was acquired by another main Hong Kong airline company ‘Cathay Pacific’, we shall use the data of Cathay pacific to find out the weighted average cost of capital. Unfortunately, Cathay Pacific does not issue any bonds that there is no bond or credit rating to assist
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Cabbage Patch Kids Factory, Under Ground Mall, the Zoo, Atlanta Braves Stadium, Six Flags Over Georgia, Stone Mountain Park, and the Atlanta Aquarium, are all in or near the city of Atlanta. The three that we visit on every trip to Atlanta are Six Flags, Stone Mountain, and the Atlanta Aquarium. Six Flags Over Georgia is a theme park containing anything from carnival foods to trilling rides. Six Flags provides many activities for all ages. It is not at all uncommon to see famous cartoon
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national governments, as a result of merging small private-owned airlines into national “flag carriers” (service focused on international routes from each nation’s capital to colonies). The aviation advances in the WWII aftermath made air travel much more affordable. A new player, United States, soon became a dominant force in the industry as they have free competition on international routes contrasting with public, “flag carriers” in Europe. To prevent this predicted dominance, IATA emerged and “pooling
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start up airline Organizational Structure to the flag carrier structure. Which departments could be different between these two, and the reason behind it? As a starting point into understanding the differences in the organizational structures between flag carriers versus new entrant airlines, I would like to first mention the classic pyramid or top-down structure consisting of top management, middle management & operating management. Where the flag carrier structure contains of all 3 segments
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