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the lowest available airfare and instead fill the more expensive seats first, then the cheapest fares are released. This obviously...
and measurable results" (EHCS, 2002). Defining this further, there are three major phases when it comes to strategic management: d...
for those who do not will not stress them to subordinates and likely will not actively work for them themselves. Innovatio...
two planes plunged into the World Trade Center towers, controllers sent a text message to all United Airlines aircraft that told t...
program. Continental does, however, face other issues when it comes to recruitment and retention. One is the continuation ...
nuts and drinks instead) and even a change in clothing. Rather than uniforms, SWA attendants and pilots dress casually, in polo sh...
be the dominant sector in the next decade, others are less optimistic but still see this is the largest growth sector and as 83% o...
Southwest is one of the US airline success stories, at a time when there is consolidation the airline industry Southwest may have ...
Keep informed When considering the different stakeholders, the key stakeholder may be the primary stakeholders, including the ...
flux, with both the supply of the product varying, and the amount of demand also fluctuating due to other related factors. If we c...
value for passengers with low process, a model that had been successfully developed by Southwest in the US. The costs are kept as...
offering a range of travel services ands other complimentary services, which helps to support the sale of airline tickets as well ...
that provide this route on a direct basis; British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and American Airlines. Other airlines, such as KLM and...
protectionism is less favored than a generation ago; sentiment is that the market is an efficient judge of the management efforts ...
Since the deregulation of the U.S. airline industry in the late 1970s, there have been a number of air carriers that have come and...
Discusses quality differences between American Airlines (a global competitor) and Southwest Airlines (a local competitor). There a...
questions to be addressed with the research is to assess whether or not it is in the interests of the shareholders, assuming they ...
Clark E; Lukas E, (2008, Nov), Hedging mean-reverting commodities, retrieved http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=12...
is useful in terms of the models, but it does not provide up to date information regarding the demands and patterns of demand as w...
Childs (1972) it is the leader, in the form of the CEO that is responsible for making the strategic choices within an organization...
to the US (Virgin Blue, 2010) When assessing the companies strategy and the way that they undertake strategic planning there can...
to the airlines: they have to buy the fuel at the agreed upon rate regardless of what happens to the actual market value of fuel. ...
in terms of the bottom line of profit has long been proven inadequate. Todays business professional knows instead that the cultiva...
strategic choices and how it is aligned with the vision and mission statements. 2. The Strategy of Southwest Airlines Michael P...
of US airlines, supported by an efficient operating model with aircraft turned round quickly to maximise the revenue generating ti...
reviewing some of the important issues in the literature which have guiding the way that the data was collected and analyzed. Foll...
in place for some time. 2. Introduction Southwest Airlines is the largest and arguably one of the most successful US domestic ai...
seen as a maturing industry, and can intensify competition among the largest remaining firms (Hooley et al.,, 2007). The airline i...
rather than predominantly reactive to market forces influencing prices (Dognais, 2010). Marketing in terms of promotion and abil...
even if airlines are leased tends to be high (Belobaba et al, 2009). The high level of concentration and use of existing brands al...