An Industry in which I have a potential future interest for an entrepreneurial venture is the ever changing airline industry. Although facing tough numbers after the 9/11 attacks, I have always held an interest for this industry. There are several basic economic characteristics for this industry. There are many opportunities, there are also many threats. The airline industry was heavily regulated by the Civil Aeronautics […]

Classic Airlines and Marketing MKT/571 – Marketing September 17, 2012 Classic Airlines and Marketing Classic Airlines, the fifth largest airline carrier, currently serves 240 cities with more than 2,300 daily flights. However, Classic Airlines has experienced over the past three years a decline in their frequent flier program Classic Rewards along with customer confidence declining as well and stock prices has decreased by 10% according […]

Southwest Airlines corporate philosophy can be credited to one of the founders Herb Kelleher. It is an airline company with a unique culture “goofiness”, which keeps the morale of its employees high (Smith, 2004), and is a company that welcomes fun, dedication, and effort. Southwest believes that a happy employee will create a happy customer, and will create loyal customers. Mr. Kelleher effectively implemented its […]

After September 11th, there was a great deal of turmoil in the airline industry as a tremendous amount of money was needed to be allocated toward other things such as security enhancements. As a result, most airlines cut back costs in other departments, especially in the department of training. However, some airlines deemed training their employees effectively to be pertinent to their development, and thus […]

Hawaiian Airlines Introduction             Hawaiian Holding Inc is the Parent Company of Hawaiian Airlines Inc.  The Company was started in the year 1929.  “The company is the sixteenth largest domestic airline in the United States”.  It has a fleet of 25 Aircraft and it offers flights to Hawaii from different destinations in the US.  It also does offer flights to Australia, America, Samoa and Tahiti. […]

SWOT Analysts SWOT ANALYSIS asset is a pan-European low-cost airline carrier company. The company’s strong position in the key aviation markets of Europe backed by its competitive business model supports the company in delivering sustainable operational and financial performance. However, the regulatory price increases at the company’s primary airports could increase its overall cost base and negatively impact its efforts to tramline its costs. Strengths […]

Commercial Airline Industry February 17, 2014 Bargaining Power of the Buyer The power of the buyer is extremely low in this industry for a variety of reasons. An airline customer is looking for a specific flight time and the final destination cannot be switched. This lowers the customer’s power to have an immediate threat on the airline because the convenience and efficiency of using a […]

Airlines Differentiation In the world of airlines there is a huge market for varies airlines that offer different services to the customers to gain the competitive advantage. In the following article we will outline the differences between airlines like: “Emirates airline”, “Qatar” and “Air Arabia”. Those airlines will mainly differ in following criteria’s: • Price is one of the most important differences that airlines would […]

Airline Mergers like mergers and acquisitions in other businesses brings advantages and opportunities applicable to M&A. As in other businesses, some airlines have to merge for pure survival and to avoid bankruptcy. Others could do so for expansion, improved profitability and improved services. Horizontal Merger of Airlines: Horizontal merger allows two or more airlines to merge to form a new airline or operate under the […]

[pic] Eagle Airlines Business Decisions with Data Models Assignment on Risk Analysis Team Members: Sfykti Dimitra Goumas Evangelos Manikas Athanasios Papaspirou Yiannis As assigned by Mr. Hadjistelios, President of Eagle Airlines, a simulation analysis is developed in order to evaluate company’s intention to proceed with the purchase of a new aircraft. According to the President’s estimations, the uncertain parameters which affect the annual cash flow […]