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fly, thereby saving time and energy they would have to expend to drive for three or four hours (Robinson, 2000). Organizational a...
genius; keeping them, however, is often a much more difficult equation. "We market ourselves based on the personality and spirit ...
Since the deregulation of the U.S. airline industry in the late 1970s, there have been a number of air carriers that have come and...
Discusses quality differences between American Airlines (a global competitor) and Southwest Airlines (a local competitor). There a...
in the operating revenue per ASM of 7.6 percent (Phillips, 2003). the operating costs per available seat mile (CASM) also increase...
passengers every year to 57 cities in 30 states with more than 2,600 flights per day (Southwest, 2000). They have 360 of the newes...
and distinctive history that on the 15th of July, 1934, with one single-engine Lockheed aircraft that took off on dusty runways in...
a solution; Chuck Thomas is Southwests director of financial analysis. They found that there was no system to use to book cargo. ...
worldwide as passengers expressed fear of flying as never before. Southwest suffered less than most in the short term. Alw...
the airline is also a low cost airline but seeks to differentiate on service it is not the very cheapest, to we need consumers tha...
five consecutive annual Triple Crown awards (Southwest, 2002). The Triple Crown is: Best On-Time Record, Best Baggage Handling, an...
Arthur Baird joined the pair - McMaster as a source of funding and a link to wealthy potential investors, Baird as aircraft mechan...
music systems profiled in the remainder of the article support this supposition and lead to some fascinating insights into the rel...
that provide this route on a direct basis; British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and American Airlines. Other airlines, such as KLM and...
and the desired culture that is needed, but it also indicates the potential for mismatches in structure and operations (Thompson, ...
is used, the priorities of the company, the way a company treats its employees and manages them from a HRM perspective, general de...
information systems. Even with these techniques, Zea (2002) argues that airlines in general have done little to manage risk...
maintenance costs does not mean it is always true, and as such it needs to be assessed whether or not it is true in this case. Not...
as a top airline due to its geography and technology with the only factors hampering its further growth and global impact being ca...
is an important topic when reviewing any region. Airlines are again, an important part of the transportation sector and something ...
spirit, that the company regrouped, restructured and in many instances showing a profit despite the ongoing hostilities with bin L...
is so important to this case is because it does not follow a normal path. Vilcassim & Kadiyali (1999) explain that a company react...
in 1963 illustrates the conditions against which Guevara dedicated his struggle. Brennan (1998) was in Guatemala City for the pur...
highly motivated workforce is Southwest Airlines. Lieber reported that Herb Kelleher, Southwests CEO, makes sure his employees bel...
relentlessly targeted Southwest in demarketing efforts, Southwest not only continued to exist. Eventually, it surpassed all of th...
near downtown Dallas (Hoovers Company Profiles, 2003). Because the airline operated from capital of Field, Southwest adopte...
positive attitude that applicants already possessed. "We draft great attitudes. If you dont have a good attitude, we dont want yo...
any of these deals simply because they didnt fly at the time the deals were made (Irving, 2003). After fighting many legal battle...
-- its drinks were "love potions," while peanuts were considered "love bites" (Hoovers Company Profiles, 2003). But when Dallas/Fo...
advancing the commercial airline industry, for example, Southwest was the first airline to offer a frequent flyer program that off...