CASES IN MANAGEMENT 115 Singapore Airlines : Gliding with People Excellence Nilanjan Sengupta and Mousumi Sengupta Introduction The aviation industry has been constantly facing several challenges, such as, overcapacity, commoditization of offerings, cut throat rivalry exacerbated by the entry of low cost carriers, and intermittent periods of disastrous under-performance (Costa et al., 2002). Several macro-level socio-economic factors such as rising oil prices, the SARS (Severe acute respiratory
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Critically examine the impact of political, economic & legal factors affecting the airline industry. The airline industry has had its fair share of ups and downs the following are the factors that are affecting the airline industry Economic factors A huge amount is spend in landing fees, time spend in foreign lands and all these fees are paid in US Dollars and it might expensive to some airlines especially if the exchange rate is weak. Fuel prices are also in US Dollars so the stronger the currency
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Adonis Nix Candice Mitchell Renesha Randolph Singapore Airlines HISTORY Singapore Airlines’ history can be traced back to 1 May 1947, when a Malayan Airways Limited Airspeed Consul took off from Singapore Kallang Airport on the first of three scheduled flights a week to Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Penang. • Over the next five years, larger capacity DC-3 aircraft were introduced. This meant faster and more comfortable flights, and the extension of services to destinations in Indonesia, Vietnam
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Mission statement analysis [Type the document subtitle] Department of Management Studies COURSE TITLE Strategic Management PREPARED FOR Abu Sayef Md. Muntaquimul Bari Chowdhuri Lecturer Department of Management Studies Jahangirnagar University PREPARED BY: Knights Sl No Group Members ID 1. Tasnia Zannat 682 2. Md. Mazharul Islam 708 3. Md. Monirul Islam 716 4. Rabbir Rashedin Tirno 717 5. Md. Mahfuzur Rahman 721 6. Mahedi Akbar 1960 Group leader: Mahedi
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strategic analysis report relating to Jetstar Airlines o A competitive analysis of the market/s including: A brief description of the history of the company and a history of the main competitors. Include joint venture alliances where applicable. History of the company Jetstar’s mission is to offer all day, every day low fares to enable more people to fly to more places, more often. The Jetstar Group is a value based, low fares network of airlines operating in the leisure and value based
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Asian Low Cost Airlines A Strategic Management Analysis Analysis is made from Strategic Alliances between Batch 20 and Batch 21 of SGU MBA Program Written by YopieRissa Pahlawan Arfianto RiaHutari RonyHariadi If you get your passengers to their destinations when they want to get there, on time, at the lowest possible fares, and make darn sure they have a good time doing it, people will fly your airline. Rollin King and Herb Kelleher, founder of Southwest Airlines in 1971 SECTION
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Porter’s Five Force Model Industry competitors - Local competitors are Air Asia, Firefly, etc - International competitors- Singapore airlines, Garuda, Cathay Pacific, Thai International Airways - Other Low cost Airlines- Compass, Tiger Airways, Cebu Pacific, Jetstar Asia Airways, Impulse, Virgin blue Airlines. The number of competitors is very high and with the emergence of low cost carrier and deregulation the internal competition has increased and the only reason that
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Singapore Airlines Case Study (student paper) Singapore Airlines was created in 1972 following a separation from Malaysian Airlines. In the wake of reorganization, Singapore Airlines undertook aggressive growth, investing and trading to maximize profitability and expand market share. Through this change, a new company philosophy emerged, “Success or failure is largely dictated by the quality of service it provides” (Wyckoff, 1989). By reinventing the company infrastructure and introducing new
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November 2012 | Introduction Introduction Singapore airlines began with the incorporation of Malayan Airways Limited and was formed in the formation of two entities: Singapore Airlines and Malaysian Airlines System due to political disagreements between Singapore and Malaysia .However,SIA commence its operation in 1 October 1972 (1972-10-01), and has formed a respectable position in the airline industry ever since. SIA has diversified airline-related businesses, such as aircraft handling and
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Case Study Related to Business Malaysia Airlines (MAS)Facing Challenges in the New Millennium M. Sadiq Sohail, Ph. D• King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals College of Industrial Management Department of Management & Marketing P.O. Box 210, Dhahran-31261 Saudi Arabia E- mail: ssohail@kfupm.edu.sa sadiqsohail@hotmail.com Tel: + 966 3 8601764 Fax: + 9663 8602544 • 1. Formerly at Monash University Malaysia. The author is thankful to Ms. Marianne Visvalingam and Ridhi Jain, both undergraduate
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