Presented in thousands of Canadian dollars, except per share amounts** The recent economic downturn has served to demonstrate the vulnerability of Westjet global economy and in particular, the tenuous financial thread by which a considerable number of airlines around the world operate. In Canada, there continues to be an uneven playing field that serves to give Canadian operators a disadvantage. This has resulted in a considerable increase in the number of Canadian passengers who cross the Canada/U.S. border to travel from the U.S. to their destination. This will continue to have a detrimental impact not only on Canadian airlines, but on the economy as a whole through the loss of jobs as passengers take their business out of the country. Westjet continue to call on and work with the federal government to remove these impediments to competition so that Canadians have a competitive choice and Canadian airlines can continue to thrive. Technological and Social As Westjet pursue their vision to be one of the top five airlines in the world, Westjet is committed to growing responsibly and ensuring that they are an environmentally sustainable airline. Westjet recognize that as their operations grow, inevitably, so does the environmental footprint. Westjet operations impact the environment through emissions caused by the burning of aviation fuel and other energy sources. In addition, the materials they use in their business create waste and/or require the use of non-renewable resources. Emissions Burning aviation fuel to operate their aircraft, and using non-renewable energy sources to heat and power their buildings and operational equipment, releases greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The most direct and tangible control that Westjet... ... middle of paper ... ...foreign air carrier approved to conduct RNP approaches in the United States to fully leverage their RNP strategy across their route network. Flying lighter Westjet have retrofitted their aircraft with gauges to be able to load an exact amount of potable water suitable for the specific flight time. Calculating and carrying the exact amount of water needed will reduce the water weight on average by 90 to 135 kilograms per flight. Legal and regulatory While Westjet wants to be the airline you fly with because of their great prices and fun attitude, they still need to let you know about the legalities. The following sets out those terms and conditions under which Westjet allow people to theme their resources whether people just want to find out about them and their services or to carry out booking of travel services and other activities using the information provided.
"In early 2000 Air Canada along with entire airline industry faced huge loss due to the high global economic downturn. With slow travel outstanding to the downturn and September 2011 incident the airline industry was hit extremely hard. Air Canada consequently posted net losses of $1.32 billion in 2001 and $828 million in 2002. Furthermore, with the spread for SARS disease Air Canada’s Asian route got effected
An inventory GHG emissions was also carried out by the VANOC. It was estimated that the Vancouver Olympics would generate about 268,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, including 118,000 tonnes mainly from its own operations, 22,000 tonnes from sponsors and partners, and 128,000 tonnes from spectators and others. VANOC is also the first Olympic organizing committee to track and report Ga...
Currently, WestJet has right technology within its IT system. Take Sabre for example, which is a good ticketing system using codeshare, it allows two or more airlines share the same flight. Obviously, this technology helps to allocate more airlines and expand the market. Furthermore, WestJet Airlines applies electronic ticket firstly, increasing the process speed of the booking system.
As Frontier approached its 10th year of operation, Frontier officials realized an image shift was in order. The airline had established a reputation for friendly and reliable service, and reasonable airfares, mainly appealing to leisure travelers. But they reali...
Even though Southwest offers no-frills, there is still a high degree of customer satisfaction that continuously builds customer loyalty for the company. As mentioned, Southwest offers low prices on their airplane tickets. Also, Southwest is renowned in the airline industry for its short turnaround time on arrivals and departures. And since people's biggest concern nowadays is money and time, having low price airline tickets to cater their traveling needs in a shorter period of time will surely satisfy them. Moreover, aside from the low prices offered, what attracts to customers is Southwest’s way in dealing with them. The employees of the airline treat their customers well and really listen to their needs.
So the legislative status of the re-regulatory fever is still in doubt. But with a Republican Congress which seems to advocate that position, an airline bill could still pass which takes the aviation industry in the wrong direction.
JetBlue's mission is "to bring humanity back to air travel". Its low-cost strategy is second-to-none, not even to Southwest. Utilizing Southwest as a model and benchmark early in Neeleman's career in the industry, he's managed to copy the Southwest model and expand upon it with his ability to find more innovative ways to cut costs along the organization's value-chain, while utilizing technology to increase productivity and further add to operational efficiencies. JetBlue's value chain demonstrates its ability to successfully compete in several key areas relative to the bases of competition within the industry and creates processes that focus on reducing costs, for the specific purpose of continuously creating value for its customers, i.e. fare pricing, customer service, routes served, flight schedules, types of aircraft, safety record and reputation, in-flight entertainment systems and frequent flyer programs.
According to the International Air Transport Association, 2001 was only the second year in the history of civil aviation in which international traffic declined. Overall, it is believed that the IATA membership of airlines collectively lost more than US$12 billion during this time (Dixon, 2002).
JetBlue Airways Corporation has been a rapidly growing discount airline and biggest success story in the industry by using its strong customer service considerations and low fares to build a solid, growing customer base.
...leader. Certainly, it has to take into account the implications of completion from both the direct and the indirect competitors. That is why EasyJet centers on the cost management strategy and the differentiation strategy (Hanlon, 2007). Through an analysis of EasyJet Airplane company strategies and performance, it is clear that they are ambitious and strive for the best. They not only survive in an industry that is intensely competitive, as shown through the analysis by Porter's Five Forces, but also succeed in terms of offering their customers the best that they have to offer in terms of value for money. The advantage this airline gains over its oligopolistic competitors stems from flexible ticketing and complete access to all primary routes. However, in keeping airline industry, there is room for improvement and growth as the analysis using Ansoff Matrix reveals.
Before to select the proper alternative, three alternatives were analysed and evaluated under four decisions criteria: customer experience, cost, growth rate / market penetration and ease to implementation (See Exhibit 2: Factor Analysis). Between all the alternatives, it was suggested that Southwest Airlines enters to New York City by bidding the slots and gates at the LGA (See Exhibit 3: Alternatives Analysis). This alternative sustains the challenge of changing the customer experience which means adding more flights from and to the East; furthermore, entering to new markets will reinforce “the power of the network” through LGA. At the same time, this decision will allow signing more code-sharing agreements with other airlines flying to international destinations and offer new products and services to LUV customers as loyalty rewards, in-flight internet, onboard duty-free purchases, etc.; as a result of this, it will increase passenger’s insights and experiences by flying with Southwest Airlines. Nevertheless, there is potential risk by selecting this alternative, in the recent years the energy prices has had a huge increase affecting costs, fares and even capacity needed, however Southwest Airlines has been able to hedge fuel for decad...
Airline and travel industry profitability has been strapped by a series of events starting with a recession in business travel after the dotcom bust, followed by 9/11, the SARS epidemic, the Iraq wars, rising aviation turbine fuel prices, and the challenge from low-cost carriers. (Narayan Pandit, 2005) The fallout from rising fuel prices has been so extreme that any efficiency gains that airlines attempted to make could not make up for structural problems where labor costs remained high and low cost competition had continued to drive down yields or average fares at leading hub airports. In the last decade, US airlines alone had a yearly average of net losses of $9.1 billion (Coombs, 2011).
WestJet Airlines Ltd is a Canadian low-cost carrier based in Calgary, Alberta, that flies to most major cities in Canada and 11 cities in the United States. WestJet is the second-largest Canadian carrier behind Air Canada . The company's personality can be illustrated by its organizational structure, culture, values and the communication with the public and its employees.
Global competition- As more companies are coming into this airline market so there can be a threat to Air Canada from these
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