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    Do you know that air travel is considered the safest form of transportation compared to driving or taking a train? The airline industry expects to see a “31% rise in passenger demand for 2017” per the International Air Transport Association. Middle East and Asia will see the strongest growth between 6.3% and 5.7% and Africa and Latin American will see a 5.3% and 4.5% growth rate. The United States; however, will continue to be the “largest single market for domestic passengers.” (IATA, 2013)…

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    Name: Michaela Quinn Assignment 4 SWOT Analysis for Southwest Airlines Instructions: Do some research about Southwest Airlines on the Internet. Identify as many strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats as you can. Remember: strengths and weaknesses are internal to the company and opportunities and threats come from outside the company. Use the quadrants below to complete your SWOT analysis. After you enter the first strength, press Enter to display the number 2. The cells will expand…

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    WestJet Airlines Case Analysis WestJet Airlines was founded in 1996 in Calgary, Alberta. Clive Beddoe, Don Bell, Mark Hill, and Tim Morgan got together to create an airlines that stood apart from the other airlines in Canada. They wanted to create a low-fare carrier in Canada similar to what Southwest Airlines was in the United States. Another big part of their airlines was the company environment and culture. WestJet Airlines started off small by only working in certain regions in Canada. This…

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    The crash of the United Airlines Flight 232 is a devastating event and is considered an engineering disaster for two main reasons. The failure of a fan disk in the engine which caused the plane to crash, and the high number of human fatalities due to the crash of the airplane on the runway. The United Airlines Flight 232 took off from Stapleton International Airport, Denver, Colorado, and was scheduled to land in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a layover in Chicago, Illinois. It was a passenger…

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    Eastern Airlines Cole Donat Middle Tennessee State University Try to think of the world without air travel. Can you imagine what it would be like? Would things be different than they are today? Airlines have not been around forever and in the reality of things, air travel has only been around for a few decades. Air travel has changed the way people live their lives, how companies operate, and even how our country operates on a daily basis. As of today, there are more than fifteen…

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    “Republic Airlines was a publicly-held, Minneapolis-based carrier providing air transportation to the traveling and shipping public. It was created in 1979 by the merger of North Central Airlines and Southern Airways; in 1980 it acquired Hughes Airwest. North Central Airlines was established in December, 1952, when Wisconsin Central Airlines officially changed its name to North Central Airlines. Wisconsin Central was founded in 1944 and served communities in Wisconsin, Illinois, upper Michigan,…

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    Profile of Singapore Airlines Singapore Airlines, or SIA, is the national airliner of Singapore which established on the year of 1972. With its home being located at Changi International Airport, according to their website, it currently has direct flight services to more than 60 destinations, 30 different countries worldwide. Singapore Airlines has Scoot, Tigerair and SilkAir as their subsidiaries. Current C.E.O. of Singapore Airlines is Mr. Goh Choon Phong, this Airline aims to become…

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    day, more than 700 Southwest Airline Boeing 737s fly 4,000 flights across a network of 98 destinations in the United States and seven additional countries. Southwest Airlines Customer Representatives book, on average, 54,557 reservations daily. The weekly reservations add up to be over 382,948 and 1. 7 million reservations are made monthly. This makes Southwest Airlines one of the most popular choices in flights, especially since Southwest is the only major U.S. airline to offer Bags Fly Free to…

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    industry in which the analysed case was operating. The analysis reveals the general macro-environmental factors in the airline industry, which have an impact on the firm. These external forces are not controllable by the company, but they strongly affect the decisions, performance and strategies. Political From the year 1993, by the contribution of the European Union, the European airline industry has started to undergo a gradual deregulation. The open skies airport transport agreement is one…

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    budget airlines. What are the strengths and weakness of each model? Differences between the business model of the network and budget airlines Network Airlines Budget Airlines Capacity of passenger High Low Price High Low Flight routes Major hubs Point to Point Number of routes Many Few Service content Many Few Labour cost High Low Fixed cost High Low Flight cost recovery Low High Status of environmental competitiveness High Low Strengths Network airlines strategic approaches Budget airlines…

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