1. Describe the change in Southwest Airlines boarding process
Southwest Airline takes a distinctive approach in its boarding process. Essentially, instead of giving out allotted seats akin to other airlines, Southwest carries out a policy of open seating. The inference of this is that in the course of the boarding process, the travelers have the freedom to take a seat in any of the available ones. However, in recent times, there have been changes to this open-seating policy. Preceding the 2007 financial year, the travelers in general boarded the planes on a first-come, first-serve basis.… Continue Reading...
different cultures. This paper will examine a couple of different companies – Southwest Airlines and Koch Industries, to examine their different cultures, and how those cultural differences have emerged, and support the overall business objectives of those two organizations.
Culture of Southwest Airlines
The Southwest Airlines culture is one of the more celebrated organizational cultures in business. The company is based around \" A warrior spirit, a servant\'s heart and a fun-loving attitude.\" A focus on fun-loving is more to the day-to-day, as the servant emphasis, but the warrior heart showcases that employees at Southwest are expected to rise to the challenges… Continue Reading...
competition, particularly from other low cost carriers. The largest low cost carrier in the U.S. is Southwest Airlines. Compared to Spirit Airlines, Southwest Airlines has a much larger fleet size and flies to more destinations. This means Southwest Airlines has a much larger customer base as well as greater revenue and profit potential. Other major rivals include Allegiant Air, JetBlue, Frontier Airlines, and Sun Country Airlines. Southwest Airlines and other low cost carriers in the U.S. have taken advantage of Spirit Airlines' inattention to customer satisfaction to gain a competitive advantage in the market. Without improving customer satisfaction, Spirit Airlines' market share could be taken over… Continue Reading...
