Eastern Air Lines

business visionaries Rahul Bhatia and Rakesh Gangwal, has a 31.6% offer of the local air travel business sector, leaving Jet Airways (India) Ltd bunch at a removed second with a 21.8% offer, April information from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) show. Propelled in 2006, IndiGo had collected a 29.8% piece of the overall industry by April 2013, trailed by Jet and its members with 22.6%, SpiceJet's 19.6%, Air India's 19.2% and GoAir's…

Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB), formerly known as Malaysia Airlines System Berhad (MAS) is founded in 1947 as Malayan Airways. It is the national air carrier that operates flights from its home-based, Kuala Lumpur International Airport and from secondary hubs in Kota Kinabalu and Kuching to destinations around Asia and around the globe including countries in Europe and Oceania. Airlines headquarters are located on the grounds of Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang, Selangor and it is the…

Challenges to AVSECO from 3RS Introduction AVSECO is the sole aviation security service provider in HKIA that operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It currently has over 4,000 employees and is expected to grow rapidly to over 6,000 employees thanks to the ‘three-runway system’ project (3RS). The 3RS is intending to build an additional runway to the existing 2 runways in HKIA, and together with the re-built of Passenger Terminal Building 2 and the 3rd Runway Concourse, 3RS can be operated as…

equals to create a new one. The two airlines began discussing a merger moved by the challenging economic conditions they were both facing. The British and Spanish flag carrier suffered heavy losses and struggled for survival after a fall in demand for air travel in the wake of the global credit crunch. These are the reasons why a merger seemed a favourable option for both companies as BA and Iberia were seen as a well-matched business that complement each…

and Australia to become the airport’s third largest source market. Changi’s top five routes by passenger movements remained unchanged with Jakarta leading the list followed by Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Hong Kong and Manila. Asia's busiest international air hubs are each moving forward with major expansion projects as competition between them intensifies. Hong Kong, meanwhile, has finally decided to move ahead with building a third runway too. Transport Secretary Anthony Cheung Bing-leung estimated…

4. Interview discussion - Description of the business which was selected for the interview Air Mauritius is the national airline of Mauritius which was Established in 1967 by British Overview Airways Cooperation (BOAC) and Air France. Air Mauritius has its headquarters in Port Louis the capital of Mauritius and Its hub is based in Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport. It runs a frequent flyer package known as the KESTRELFLYER. Members of this programme are given a unique membership…

Market Analysis through SWOT Strengths Etihad has been among the world’s leading airlines and have Abu Dhabi as its corporate hub. This has a location advantage connecting the local inhabitants to other countries of the world. (Hasan, 2014) This airline is completely owned by the government of Abu Dhabi, which entirely takes care of its funding through which the airlines is flourishing well and investing in new services. The airline has always been known for the provision of best…

Ryanair’s target market require low cost tickets in which Ryanair can only provide as long as its unit costs are low. This can be achieved through Porter's strategy of obtaining a cost leadership strategy and aiming to have lower costs than ryanair's airs rivals, if Ryanair is successful of having its costs lower than its rivals it can offer cheaper tickets than its rivals which makes it attractive to customers and therefore Ryanair's sales will be increased, initially boosting revenue and…

The airline industry is one that is highly competitive and challenging. In 2005, Delta filed for bankruptcy protection. However, it managed to emerge out of it. Delta realized that in order to gain success in this industry, they had to fix their business and operating model. In a business, one is often faced with opportunities and challenges. However, a business has to know how to leverage aspects such big data, analytics and visualization technologies because these are the things that will…

The US airline industry has experienced considerable merger and acquisition activity since its early years; especially following deregulation in 1978. Figure 1 provides a timeline of mergers and acquisitions for the four largest surviving airlines based on passengers served from 1920s to 2010s (GAO,2013). Source: GAO (2013) Figure 1: Highlights of US Domestic Airline Mergers and Acquisitions, 1920s – 2010s 2. Case Study: American Airlines Today, American…