Jan 30, 2009 Categories: Brands, Business & Entrepreneurs, Others In the history of my working life, innovation has been the one priority foremost in my mind to ensure that we are always competitive. I was thrilled when Fast Company voted AirAsia as one of the top 50 innovative companies in the world. It was a thrill to be in the same ranks as Apple, Google, Nike and BMW. Fostering a culture of innovation within the organisation is a challenge and over the next few years, I will be seeking
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| INTRODUCTION | 2 | TASK A | 3 | TASK B | 4-7 | TASK C | 8-18 | TASK D | 19-25 | CONCLUSION | 26 | RECOMMENDATION | 27-29 | REFFERENCES | 30-31 | INTRODUCTION A REVOLUTIONARY NAME IN AIR TRAVEL REACHES GREATER HEIGHTS (airasia) AirASia is indeed on its way on becoming the dominant player in the airline industry, It is a low cost airline based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia who operates scheduled domestic and international flights. The company is Asia’s largest low fare, no frills
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ASIAN JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT CASES, 3(1), 2006 SAGE PUBLICATIONS NEW DELHI/THOUSAND OAKS/LONDON DOI: 10.1177/097282010500300104 AIRASIA: THE SKYS THE LIMIT Rizal Ahmad Mark Neal This case details the rise and expansion of AirAsia in South-east Asia. The company employed a business model for low-cost airlines that was originally developed by Southwest Airlines in the United States and subsequently employed with great success by European companies such as Ryanair and EasyJet. The case thus documents
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Value chain analysis at air asia Air Asia is the second Malaysian national airline which provides a totally different types of service called low cost no frills. Their vision is to provide affordable price to all worldwide travellers with minimum in-flight service.thier price is slightly lower than to any other full service airlines. Before 2001 Air Asia fails to capture market or attract new customer due to its poor operation against the full fledge service given by Malaysian airlines which was
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discriminated against when booking AirAsia tickets online, where an icon would appear on the website asking if the ticket purchaser would require “special assistance”. According to Lee, the passenger clicked 'yes', then they would not be able to proceed with the booking. Lee also said that AirAsia charged RM12 for renting out a wheelchair, which a passenger could use to go from the ticketing counter to the departure hall. When interviewed by Malaysia's Daily Express, AirAsia Chief Executive Officer Datuk
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Like his friend, Sir Richard Branson of Virgin, Mr Fernandes has turned himself into his company's most effective marketing tool. AirAsia has similarly been a soaring success. Starting with two planes bought from a Malaysian conglomerate in late 2001, the airline will have 30 by the end of 2004. It operates 19 routes across Malaysia, recently started Singapore-Thailand flights and, from next month, starts flying to Indonesia. The company has no debt and has been profitable from the start. Its
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Tony Fernandes founded Tune Air Sdn Bhd in 2001, with a vision to make air travel more affordable to Malaysians. With that in mind, Tony and his three partners bought over AirAsia from its owner DRB-Hicom. Tune Air's initial project was to remodel AirAsia into a low fare no frills carrier after successful low fare airlines such as U.S.-based Southwest Airlines and Dublin-based Ryanair and create a new aviation product in Malaysia . AUTOCRATIC only one person has the authority over the followers
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Company Background and analysis of AirAsia This report conducts an analysis of AirAsia, the world’s Lowest Cost Airline. AirAsia is a Malaysian low cost airline. AirAsia was found in 1993 and it started its operations from 18 Nov 1996. It was established initially by DRB-Hicom, a government owned- conglomerate. On 2 December 2001, the heavily- indebted airline was purchased Tony Fernandes former Time Warner Executive. Tony was inspired by the Low-Cost Carrier business model of Southwest Airlines
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY It has been a great pride in the history of AirAsia that despite the challenges that they have faced, AirAsia continues to defy the odds. Since December 8, 2001, when the company was taken over by the new Air Asia management, AirAsia has grown to become the largest low-cost carrier in Asia. Today the airlines are operating in Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. With more than 6,000 talented, hardworking and committed employees and a market capitalization in excess of RM2billion
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eight years ago when it began operations, AirAsia had just two planes and a host of obstacles - Sars and the Sept 11 terrorist attacks included - preventing it from taking off. Today, the Malaysia-based budget airline boasts a fleet of 80 aircraft that ply over 122 routes, with 480 flights to more than 65 destinations daily. Group CEO Tony Fernandes has been instrumental in building the AirAsia brand. Known for its strong marketing and branding culture, AirAsia was recognised as one of Malaysia's 30
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