Delta Song Case Analysis Possible cost drivers that will allow us to estimate a salary cost function for Delta are: available seat miles, number of departures, available ton miles, revenue passenger miles, and revenue ton miles. The two cost drivers we chose were revenue passenger miles and available ton miles. The salaries consist of payments to pilots, flight attendants and ticket agents. Their salaries are determined by the number of passengers and cargoes and the miles or hours flown. This is
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JETBLUE AIRLINES The Basics of JetBlue Airlines JetBlue was founded in 1998 by David Needleman and many of the first executives, including Needleman were former Southwest Airlines employees. First flight was from Buffalo, NY to Fort Lauderdale, FL in February 2000. One operating base: JFK International Airport Five focus cities: Orlando International, Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (San Juan) International, Logan International (Boston), Long Beach and Fort Lauderdale
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brand in North America and operates 24 ships designed to foster exceptionally fun and memorable vacation experiences at an outstanding value. In this paper, I focus on a crisis of Carnival Cruise Lines, which happened in 2013, and I will also give an analysis about how Carnival handled the crisis. In addition, I will give my own suggestions to this crisis management. Introduction of the crisis On February 7, 2013, the Triumph, one of Carnival’s ships, left Galveston, Texas, with 3143 passengers and
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CASE STUDY # 1 JETBLUE AIRWAYS PROF. AHSAN DURRANI Submitted by: IMRAN UL HAQUE (4282) Q.NO.4 WHAT IS YOUR ASSESSMENT OF JETBLUE`S FINANCIAL PERFORMACE DURING FISCAL YEARS 2003-2007? ANALYZE THE FOLLOWING RATIO`S. | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | Gross Profit Margin | | | | | | Operating Profit Margin | 0.0595 | 0.0537 | 0.0282 | 0.0877 | 0.1673 | Net Profit Margin | 0.0063 | (0.00042) | (0.01176) | 0.0364 | 0.103 | Return on Total Assets | 0.0398 | 0.032 | 0.0394
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Professor Samir Moussalli MGMT499 November 18, 2010 Analysis Conducted by PSPS Associates Outline I. Management Summary II. Introduction a. Purpose b. goals III. Background IV. Strategy Formulation a. Vision b. External Opportunities & Threats c. Internal Strengths & Weaknesses
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OVERVIEW OF THE CASE In 2002 Delta airlines faced the unfortunate realization that the competition from low cost carriers like Southwest and JetBlue was becoming a serious problem. Even though Delta had been looking at this problem for a long period of time, the business model of Delta Airlines was organized by function and their solutions generally focused on individual aspects of the firm. For example, the marketing department provided marketing ideas, the customer service department offered customer
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of the following objectives: 1. Become familiar with the human resource management process (or HR value chain) and its key elements: a. Organization and human resource goals and strategies b. Human resource planning and analysis c. Employee staffing – recruitment and selection d. Organizational career management – training, performance management and evaluation, and rewards/compensation e. Employee retention and turnover – psychological contract
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CASE ANALYSIS Southwest Airlines, Co. COMPANY NAME: Southwest Airlines Co. INDUSTRY: Regional Airlines COMPANY WEBSITE: www.southwest.com COMPANY BACKGROUND: Southwest Airlines was founded in 1967 (Yahoo Finance, 2012) and started out as an idea from Rollin King, a San Antonio entrepreneur of a commuter air service. The idea was a response to complaints from his banker about the expense and inconvenience of ground travel between the cities of Houston, Dallas and San Antonio, also known
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Case Study 13: JetBlue Airways External Environment Analysis: * PESTEL(Macro-level environment) * Political: September 11 terrorist attack, tons of new flying rules and regulatory factors, political stability, competitive industry, * Economic: Improved purchasing power, rise in oil prices & inflation * Sociocultural: Increased entertainment level, greater customer awareness, security level of customers, bad service & lost baggage * Technological: Automated
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Strategic Management January 9, 2012 Discus the trends in the U.S. airline industry and how these trends might impact a company’s strategy. Change is the only thing that is constant. The airline industry has been through many changes in the past ten years. The September 11 event of 2001 sparked many changes. Security has been strictly enforced and fuel prices are at an all-time high. Many air-line companies have implemented baggage fees to help recover from the rising fuel prices and
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