A Study On Hawaiian Airlines

While it is difficult, to some extent, to evaluate the success of a merger that is only just now entering its final implementation phases, it is known that the objective of that merger was to use the larger route network to attract more business, and that the combined airline would also extract cost savings as the result of increased operational efficiency. The airline had struggled in 2009, with its sales declining, but it recovered in 2010 and 2011. Sales last year were $33.678 billion, up from $21.068 billion the year before. In the past two years, the company has turned a profit, going from $253 million in net income in FY2010 to $840 million in net income in FY2011. Some of this improvement may stem from the impact of the merger. However, the airline industry is highly cyclical, and the past two years have represented economic improvement. Likewise, the losses the company faced in FY2008 and FY2009 were as much the result of the economic downturn as they were internal business factors.

West Jet Airlines Case Analysis On February 29, 1996, WestJet Airlines came to life. They became the face of low-cost, short-haul, point-to-point airline for Western Canada. The organization began when entrepreneur Clive Beddoe, president of Hanover Group of Companies purchased an aircraft for personal use. Beddoe later made his aircraft available to other business people through Morgan Air, owned and operated by Tim Morgan. Tim Morgan, along with Calgary businessmen Don Bell and Mark Hill found an opportunity to start an airline. They all reached out to David Neelman, who was president of Morris Air and asked for assistance on writing the business plan for WestJet. They joined forces and WestJet Airlines came to life. They all held a different position and Beddoe was the president, chief executive officer, and chairman of the board of directors. Bell and Morgan were senior vice-presidents and Hill was the vice president. When WestJet first began, they only flew to Vancouver, Kelowna, Calgary, Edmonton, and Winnipeg. They now fly to 102 destinations in 19 different countries. In addition, they also increased the amount of aircraft they own. WestJet began in 1996 with just two aircraft and by August of 2000, they increased to 94 aircraft. Not only did they increase aircraft, but employees too. Their workforce expanded to 30,000 employees. On July 1999, WestJet hit a huge milestone when it completed its initial public offering of 2.5 million common shares. Clive Beddoe

Analysis of Hawaiian Airlines: Cash equivalents are described as safe investments that contain low amount of risks in which the result is virtually ensured. In most cases, there is a tendency to easily convert cash equivalents into cash, which may be used as collateral in certain cases. Notably, there are

Southwest Airlines Competitive Position The domestic airline industry transports 711 million souls a year. That translates into a staggering $709 billion a year revenue flow (statista.com). One firm, named Southwest Airlines, accounts for 18.3 percent of that market. That 18.3 percent market share places Southwest at the number two spot, behind American Airlines. How does Southwest Airlines successfully compete and thrive in this environment? How do they differentiate themselves from the hoards of legacy carriers? Southwest Airlines encapsulates its strategy in a simple statement: “Meet customers’ short-haul travel needs at fares competitive with the cost of automobile travel (Grant, p.23). As a pioneer in low cost air travel, Southwest has successfully brought down airfares through its short route point-to-point business model, “no-frills” service, single flight strategy, and highly productive employees (Cederholm, 2014). In the following analysis we will investigate Southwest Airlines standing within the industry as a whole and their differentiation models driving success. We will also identify the firm’s competitive advantages as they relate to similar firms in the industry.

Executive Summary JetBlue Airways, the latest entrant in the airlines industry has gone through the initial stages (entrepreneurial and collectivity) of the organizational life cycle rapidly under the successful leadership of David Neelman. JetBlue Airways is currently in the formalization stage of the life cycle where in it needs to create procedures and control systems to effectively manage its growth. Also as it proceeds to grow further to reach the elaboration stage, JetBlue needs to continue to align itself with the environment in order to maintain its sustained growth.

Hawaiian Airlines Karreem L. Lisbon Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University This paper will cover information about Hawaiian airlines. Founded in 1929, now in its 87th year of consecutive service, Hawaiian Airlines is Hawai 'i 's biggest and longest-serving airline, as well as the largest provider of passenger air service from its primary visitor markets on the U.S. mainland. Specifically, research to describe the airline, its aircraft fleet, route structure and number of employees will be provided. Information to determine whether Hawaiian airlines is organized as a corporation with private ownership or is owned by the national government will be given and discussed. Also, a brief description of the governmental agency or authority responsible for regulation of safety, as well as the certification requirements and minimum flight time for the commercial airline flight deck crewmembers. The governmental agency or authority that is empowered to regulate the routes flown, rates charged, and other economic aspects of the airline’s flight operations will be identified and discussed. Information will be given on the extent to which the airline’s fleet consists of owned vs. leased aircraft. All accidents involving an aircraft operated by that airline since 1/01/2000 will be identified to include the probable cause of each. Lastly, labor relationships of the airline’s pilots and maintenance personnel based in the airline’s home nation will be discussed; plus, any

saw the push toward an all-bowing 737 fleet (Alaska Airlines history: Mac McGee). Transitioning to a single aircraft fleet has yielded immense savings through commonality of parts and processes across maintenance requirements, as well as reduced training requirements for ALASKA AIRLINES PORTFOLIO REVIEW pilots, aircrew and ground personnel (Alaska Airlines: History by decade). Furthermore, 6 continuing growth and innovation over the past decade has seen Alaska airlines guide the industry in technology with an industry leading mobile application, electronic publications for pilots, and new next generation aircraft acquisitions to carry the airline proudly into the next 75

Southwest Airlines Executive Summary Southwest Airlines is currently the fourth largest airline in the United States. It flies over 64 million passengers a year, which makes 2,700 passengers a day, traveling to 58 cities. Southwest is the only

Mission To grow a profitable airline with a passion for excellence, our customers, our people, and the spirit of Hawaii.

United Airlines and Continental Airlines, two major airlines companies, agreed to a merger that would create the world’s largest airline. Such important deal has a lot of problems to be dealt with, from technical, for example how to put the companies databases together, to more fundamental, like how the company should be ruled.

American Airlines' Competitors Environment Analysis Name Institutional Affiliation Date: American Airlines' Competitors Environment Analysis American airline industry is steadily growing at an extremely strong rate. This growth comes with a number economic and social advantage. This contributes a great deal to the international inventory. The US airline industry is a major economic aspect in both

The following report of American Airlines and United Airlines, two American based airlines, analyzes and compares the composition of their respective fleets. These two air carriers are major airlines in the United States. Both airlines serve domestic and international flight, and since the year of 2006 have merged with other

1. There are a few trends in the US airline industry. One is consolidation, wherein existing players merge in an attempt to lower their costs and generate operating synergies. The most recent major merger was the United Continental merger, which is still an ongoing affair, but has created the largest

Executive Summary JetBlue Airways, the latest entrant in the airlines industry has gone through the initial stages (entrepreneurial and collectivity) of the organizational life cycle rapidly under the successful leadership of David Neelman. JetBlue Airways is currently in the formalization stage of the life cycle where in it needs to create procedures and control systems to effectively manage its growth. Also as it proceeds to grow further to reach the elaboration stage, JetBlue needs to continue to align itself with the environment in order to maintain its sustained growth.

Contents Part 1: Executive Summary 3 Part 2: Issues Identification 4 Part 3: Environmental & Root Cause Analysis 5 Part 4: Alternatives and Options 6 Part 5: Recommendations 8 Part 6: Implementation Plan 9 Part 7: Monitor and Control 10 Part 1: Executive Summary With 1988 operating income of $801 million on a revenue of $8.55 billion, American Airlines, Inc. (American), principal subsidiary of Dallas/Fort Worth-based AMR Corporation, was the largest airline in the United States. At year-end 1988 American operated 468 aircraft on 2,200 flights daily to 151 destinations in the United States, Bermuda, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, France, Great Britain, Japan, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Spain, Switzerland, Venezuela, and West Germany.