Brand Development Plan - Cathay Pacific

In the local region, Qantas managed to outweigh its competitor by gaining a toll of 65% compared to its competitor. Evidently this shows Qantas is the number one preferred airlines compared to other competitor airlines like Virgin, Tiger Airways and Emirates airlines. However the situation is not the same in South East Asian region as Qantas only managed to obtain about 15% of market share compared to likes of Air Asia who leads the market share with 60% in this region. Conversely, this is not a concern for the airlines as the airlines managed to generate revenue of 5 billion dollars, with a predicted passenger growth of 4.9% which is equivalent to 2.9 billion passengers by 2034.

It has won major leisure, corporate and wholesale travel awards for its services. It also has been awarded Best Travel Agency Group, Best National Travel Management Company and Travel Agency Corporate (Flight Centre travel Group).

Cathay Pacific might present a complementary budget airlines subsidiary or alliance which offers essential carrier services with a lower fare. It will broaden its market share through an affordable price. This option extends its proportion of the entire industrial sales through minimum investments with maximum profitability. But it might be blemished likewise because the brand of C.P. was not initiated for budget traveling.

According to a recent survey by SFP (Spencer Francey Peters), a North American branding agency and The Strategic Counsel, WestJet came in at number 3 in Canada's best managed brands, while Air Canada bottomed out in last place. "Respondents ranked companies based on a number of criteria relating to delivery of brand promise including consumer focus, customer service, brand values, reliability, consistency, value, trustworthiness and respect" (par3 Best Managed Brands). The interesting part of this survey, is that by having consumers respond to these criteria, the companies' brands are judged not by how much value the consumer sees in the product and service they are purchasing, and not just the popularity or commonplace the brand may

In 2010, views on whether low-fare airlines would continue to flourish in Asia varied. Three factors regulation, population demographics, and socioeconomic trends -drove this calculus. Although the target consumer base for AirAsia was enormous -more than 500 million

The airline industry is greatly influenced by the the travel and tourism trends across the globe. The World Travel and Tourism Board states that the the level of tourism is likely to grow even as the years progress. The growth in the level of tourism is expected to grow at a level of 4.5 per cent annually. This is expected to continue upto 2017. Thus the organization should fully prepare it self and take over the tourism market.

of public passenger intercity travel. The outlook for the airline industry is good and continued growth is likely.

Particularly when new entrants are diversifying from other markets, they can leverage existing capabilities and cash flows to shake up competition like Apple did when it entered the music distribution business. The threat of new entry therefore, puts a cap on the profit potential of an industry. The threat to Air Asia is relatively less as the capital required to enter the industry is quite high. However, potential new entrants from full service carriers with a surplus capital could be threats in the future and long-term.

Brand identity is an important action to branding. It is what the consumers are expected to perceive a company’s product and its brand. With Brand identity, Burt’s Bees could distinguish it from other competitors, and highlight its brand and products characteristic to create and maintain the competitive advantage.

Launched just 8 years ago, today, the Jetstar Group consists of a network of value-based air carriers that deliver high quality air passenger services for budget-minded travelers across Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific region. Beginning with just 400 employees, the company currently employs more than 7,000 people and carries about 20 million passengers a year. To gain some insights into how the Jetstar Group achieved this impressive growth in such a short amount of time, this paper provides a review of the relevant literature concerning the air passenger industry in general and the business strategy used by the Jetstar Group in particular. A summary of the research and recommendations for this company are provided in the paper's conclusion.

Backed by the Hainan Airlines of the China, Yunnan Airlines was founded in 2004 as one of the most cost-effective domestic airline operating from its hub in Kunming, in the province of Yunnan. The limited route license added to the airline’s competitive advantage and maintained its monopoly within the region. Its major competitors include Air China and China Southern Airlines among others. As Yunnan is one of the most attractive tourist destinations of Southern China, the airline attracted a lot of customers and started producing profits within just three years of its inception.

Therefore, the brand equity level develops from both the strength of the value proposition in addition to the strength of the connection of the value proposition with the brand. Overall, FedEx’s strongest brand element would be the brand name itself as the brand is one of the most widely recognised brands in the world. Due to FedEx’s strong brand name, customer loyalty is developed among consumers. Consumers who treasure dependable overnight package delivery are liable to name FedEx as a brand that is strongly linked with that value proposition. Other brands such as Airborne Express and IPS provide the similar value proposition of dependable overnight package delivery. Nevertheless, they do not possess levels of brand equity equivalent to FedEx because their brands are not as powerfully identified with the value

Qatar Airways is one of the youngest global airlines but have a high quality of service. It is one of the Qatar state-owned flag carriers. Its headquartered is in Doha, which is the capital of Qatar. The parent Company of Qatar Airways should be the government of Qatar. The airline operates as a hub-and-spoke network, serve all six continents, and link over 150 international destinations. According to the media release “The Qatar Airways Story”, the airway was a small regional carrier when it began to operate in 1994. After the airline re-launched in 1997, it now has become one of the fastest growing airlines through the history. Then, 14 years after Qatar Airways re-launched, it being named Airline of the Year 2011, 2012, and 2015. Nowadays, the airways have become one of the Oneworld members and become one of the leading airlines (1).

The implications of this analysis are that the focus on the Chinese market is justified. The Chinese air travel industry is booming, and indeed this is fueled by that country's rapid growth and the increased demand for

The growth of airline industry in any country is directly proportional to its GDP growth; the greater the business activity, the more air travel and the higher the GDP of the country. The demand