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fly, thereby saving time and energy they would have to expend to drive for three or four hours (Robinson, 2000). Organizational a...
genius; keeping them, however, is often a much more difficult equation. "We market ourselves based on the personality and spirit ...
retaliated by matching the $13 fare and offering a free bottle of liquor to anyone who paid full fare ($26) instead of the bargain...
Wireless and mobile devices have become part of everyone's life even if they do not own a smart phone. This paper defines these te...
the airline is also a low cost airline but seeks to differentiate on service it is not the very cheapest, to we need consumers tha...
five consecutive annual Triple Crown awards (Southwest, 2002). The Triple Crown is: Best On-Time Record, Best Baggage Handling, an...
in the operating revenue per ASM of 7.6 percent (Phillips, 2003). the operating costs per available seat mile (CASM) also increase...
and distinctive history that on the 15th of July, 1934, with one single-engine Lockheed aircraft that took off on dusty runways in...
passengers every year to 57 cities in 30 states with more than 2,600 flights per day (Southwest, 2000). They have 360 of the newes...
a solution; Chuck Thomas is Southwests director of financial analysis. They found that there was no system to use to book cargo. ...
worldwide as passengers expressed fear of flying as never before. Southwest suffered less than most in the short term. Alw...
Arthur Baird joined the pair - McMaster as a source of funding and a link to wealthy potential investors, Baird as aircraft mechan...
music systems profiled in the remainder of the article support this supposition and lead to some fascinating insights into the rel...
that provide this route on a direct basis; British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and American Airlines. Other airlines, such as KLM and...
and the desired culture that is needed, but it also indicates the potential for mismatches in structure and operations (Thompson, ...
is used, the priorities of the company, the way a company treats its employees and manages them from a HRM perspective, general de...
information systems. Even with these techniques, Zea (2002) argues that airlines in general have done little to manage risk...
maintenance costs does not mean it is always true, and as such it needs to be assessed whether or not it is true in this case. Not...
as a top airline due to its geography and technology with the only factors hampering its further growth and global impact being ca...
spirit, that the company regrouped, restructured and in many instances showing a profit despite the ongoing hostilities with bin L...
is an important topic when reviewing any region. Airlines are again, an important part of the transportation sector and something ...
relentlessly targeted Southwest in demarketing efforts, Southwest not only continued to exist. Eventually, it surpassed all of th...
to positive attitude that applicants already possessed. "We draft great attitudes. If you dont have a good attitude, we dont want...
advancing the commercial airline industry, for example, Southwest was the first airline to offer a frequent flyer program that off...
and active use of the aircraft. One of the benefits is that if an organization can benefit only from a portion of those hours, th...
near downtown Dallas (Hoovers Company Profiles, 2003). Because the airline operated from capital of Field, Southwest adopte...
positive attitude that applicants already possessed. "We draft great attitudes. If you dont have a good attitude, we dont want yo...
any of these deals simply because they didnt fly at the time the deals were made (Irving, 2003). After fighting many legal battle...
-- its drinks were "love potions," while peanuts were considered "love bites" (Hoovers Company Profiles, 2003). But when Dallas/Fo...
is so important to this case is because it does not follow a normal path. Vilcassim & Kadiyali (1999) explain that a company react...