even starker, with Easyjet’s cost per passenger 67% above that of Ryanair. This unit cost advantage against easyJet stems mainly from airport and handling charges. This, in turn, comes from Ryanair's use of smaller, lower cost airports with fast turnaround times, its bargaining power with airports and the impact of bag and check-in fees on lowering handling and check-in costs at airports. Costs per passenger (EUR, ex fuel) | Ryanair | easyJet | Norwegian | Air Berlin | Spirit | Southwest | Staff
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Airways. I will also be looking at how Ryanair has gone from nothing to being the No.1 low cost airline. Introduction Ryanair was founded in 1985 by Tony Ryan who in 1994 past it over to his deputy chief executive Michael O’Leary who has been there to this day. They had their initial public offering in 1997 when they introduced Ryanair Holdings plc on Dublin and New York (NASDAQ) Stock exchanges. They listed on the United Kingdom a year later. Ryanair joined the NASDAQ Top 100 in December
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BIRD’S EYE VIEW SWOT Analysis of Ryanair SWOT TEAM Air Scoop launches a new range of articles called ‘SWOT Team’. Each month, we will publish a SWOT analysis of an European low-cost carrier. In this issue, we start with a global SWOT of the market. The no-frills carriers have created new markets, and opened up air travel. A greater proportion of their passengers are people who previously were using other modes of transport for travel, while a certain proportion are from traditional carriers
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BIRD’S EYE VIEW SWOT TEAM SWOT Analysis of Ryanair Air Scoop launches a new range of articles called ‘SWOT Team’. Each month, we will publish a SWOT analysis of an European low-cost carrier. In this issue, we start with a global SWOT of the market. The no-frills carriers have created new markets, and ope-ned up air travel. A greater proportion of their passengers are people who previously were using other modes of transport for travel, while a certain proportion are from traditional carriers
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profitable in 1973. According to the e-magazine Airline Business (2012) research, Southwest Airlines is the biggest domestic airline in USA and is the biggest budget airline in the world by revenue. Ryanair is the second largest low cost carrier with its launch in 1990 In the UK followed by EasyJet and Virgin. In 2001 Ryanair and Easyjet started to offer connections between two airports outside their home which was only possible due to a political decision allowing airlines to turn from more governmentally
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* The first low cost carrier to introduce 100% electronic retailing, reducing overheads and producing a highly convenient service for passengers. Weaknesses: * Undifferentiated service in relation to other cheap flight providers such as Ryanair etc * Easyjet does not offer schemes for customer retention and as a result there is no brand loyalty - customers choose the lowest priced flights. * As a result of extremely low operating margins, Easyjet puts itself in a sensitive position
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Case Study: easyJet and Ryanair Flying High with Low Prices Toifl Edith, Maike Klement Hamiyet Karaman, Tsolmonzul Erevgiylkham FK ABWL Marketing 040177/1 WS 06/07 Story - easyJet Founded in March 1995 by Stelios HajiIoannou - the family remains the major shareholder The airline is based at easyLand, at Luton airport 2 Concept - easyJet Reduction of costs through: - reduction of distribution costs No free lunch Efficient use of airports (fast turnaround terms - 30 min)) -
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Fuerzas competitivas de Porter en el sector aéreo de España Las fuerzas competitivas de Porter constituyen un elemento esencial para el análisis del grado de atractivo de un sector. Estos factores que rodean a la empresa son cinco: Poder negociador de los proveedores. Los proveedores son elemento clave en la empresa puesto que suministran las materias primas. Por ello, tienen poder negociador sobre la empresa en función del número de proveedores, de los productos sustitutivos, del nivel
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Project Report The Jomera Hotel March 2013 Project Report TABLE OF CONTENT PAGE NO. 1. About the project, Tourism in Galway 3 2. Location Advantage, Business in Ireland 4 3. Competitive analysis, Advertisement 5 4. Transports to Galway, Investment 6 5. Our service, Wedding Package 7 6
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Dogfight over Europe: Ryanair (A) Case In 1986, Ryanair announced that it would begin flight service between Dublin and London. The founders of Ryanair are brothers Cathal and Declan Ryan who essentially grew up in the airline world. At this time, the company had already been operating for a year, flying between Ireland and London with their 14 seating plane. In terms of competition, these two locations did not pose a challenge. However, the Ryan brothers recognize the competitiveness and complicated
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