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1980s. Major carriers such as Pan America and TWA, began to collapse in the wake of competition; such carriers disappeared completely following the Gulf war and recession of the early 1990s. In 2001, the industry faced another economic downturn, as business decreased while labor and fuel cost increased. The 9/11 events worsened the airline issues, which lead to a decline in customers and significantly higher operating costs. Loses continued for years; the industry as a whole did not return profitability

traffic on its flights, and a record load factor.”5 With a brilliant strategy of ‘low cost/low fare/no frills’ Rollin King, along with Herb Kelleher, launched the most surprising success story in airline history. In 1966, King had an idea. “His business concept for the airline was simple: attract passengers by flying convenient schedules, get passengers to their destination on time, make sure they have a

mission statement is: “Air Transat is Canada’s leading holiday travel airline. Every year, it carries some 3 million passengers to nearly 60 destinations in 25 countries aboard its fleet of Airbus wide-body jets. The company employs approximately 2,000 people. Air Transat is a business unit of Transat A.T. Inc., an integrated international tour operator with more than 60 destination countries and that distributes products in over 50 countries. Air Transat was named World’s Best Leisure Airline

Company Background Southwest Airlines was established in 1967 by Herb Kelleher in Dallas, Texas. The Airline was developed as a low-cost airline through their exclusive use of Boeing 747, always attempting to fill their planes to capacity, using a direct route system (as opposed to a hub and spoke system), and choosing not to serve meals during the flights. (Raynor, 2011) Originally it would only serve customers who wanted to travel across Texas; to Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas- with Dallas

Southwest was able to maintain high levels of plane utilization, thereby keeping its operating costs low enough to support its discounted fares. A key component of Southwest’s ability to manage costs was its reliance on a single type of plane—the Boeing 737. * Over time, Southwest’s ground and flight personnel became very familiar with the 737; this decreased the airline’s average turnaround time between landing a plane and putting it back into the air. * This efficiency, combined with

inflow happens as per the details provided in the question. Lockheed Tri Star Case Study executive summary Although highly regarded by the military, Lockheed sought to move into the lucrative civilian commercial aviation sector and compete with Boeing, McDonnell Douglas and Airbus. Lockheed began design and testing in 1966 on their entry, the “Tri Star”, which boasted a range of over 6,000 miles with nearly 400 passengers and speeds of close to 600 mph. They had already invested nearly $900 million

Faculty of Business and Law Session: 2008/9 MBA: Strategic Management 1 Assignment Introduction Markets differ in a variety of ways including the degree of concentration and competitiveness, a fact which is reflected in the concept of ‘market structure’. Economists’ models link the structural characteristics of a market to the behaviour of firms in that market and subsequently to their performance. A key question therefore is how far a firm’s strategic decisions are shaped by the structure

the Texas Aeronautics Commission for the new company to serve Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. ------4 year legal and regulatory battle from rival airlines------ 1971 (January): Lamar Muse brought in as the CEO to get operations under way. Boeing supplied three new 737s, discounted price by $1 million (5>4) and financed 90% of the $12 million deal. 1971 (June):

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Southwest Airlines provides short haul, high frequency, point-to-point, low-fare services to and from 58 cities across the United States. The company is known for its low-cost fares and superior customer service in the airline industry. The company was started in 1971 with a motto still lived by today, "If you get your passengers to their destinations when they want to get there, on time, at the lowest possible fares, and make darn sure they have a good time doing it, people

Airlines offering carbon balancing 1 Introduction Aviation involves a range of activities that generate CO2 and other greenhouse gases, with passenger flight operations being the largest cause of the emission. Other sectors than the flight operation itself include manufacturing of aircraft and their components and maintenance, ground handling operation, transportation to and from airports and airport facilities, including retail outlets. To make the impact aviation has smaller, many airlines offer