Founding Of The Ryanair Airline Company

Founding Of The Ryanair Airline CompanyIn 1985 Cathal and Declan Ryan has founded the companion. The airline started with a fifteen (15) seater Embraer Bandeirante turboprop aircraft and it was flying between Gatwick London and Waterford. On that time London-Ireland flights held by Aer Lingus and BA (British Airways). The company added a new route between capital of Ireland and London in 1986 and competition started with the AL/BA duopoly. Company was refused by the government of Ireland, alone the conservative government of UK has approved this new service. According to any(prenominal) analysis Company was generating the loss instead of profit but the mean time number of customers tilt magnitude frequently. By 1991 company started to thinking about to touch airline profitable and this task has been given to the Michael OLeary. Ryan the founder of company suggested and encouraged Micheal to study the US airline model No Frill/ natural depression Fares), which was utilize by th e Southwest Airline in US and after that the model was apply in the Ryanair. In 1995 at the completion of 10 year of the company, the Ryanair was carrying 2.25 unrivaled million million passengers. Ryanair overtakes the Air Lingus in the same year and became largest passengers airline between Dublin and London and largest airline on any route in the Ireland.Mission arguingMission of Ryanair isProvide Low fare Rate travelling at all the time for all the routes.Key service commitmentPuncualityObjectivesRynair believes on the avocation factorsOne way reservation to make flexible return for the passengers.By controlling equipment apostrophize, personal productivity and customer service personify operating cost keep low.For peer groups best customer serviceMaintain shor-haul routes frequently point-to-point flights.Flight con blottoation and reservation system availability on the internet.No compromise on safety and quality maintenance of airplanesBy use ancillary service enhance ment of operating results.Focusing on the criteria of Growth, like to a greater extent routes and increased frequency.External AnalysisPolitical AnalysisRyanair operates throughout the Europe and any political qualifyings in any country butt end be effect the outline of Ryanair. Ryanair has some dispute on each passenger flew at Newquay Airport with Cornwall Country Council.Tax insurance policy is a nonher make do for Ryanair which posterior be piddle problems for the company.A nonher political issue regarding the cash back that European Law is to fare return if any thronecellation of the flight. This is not a big issue for Ryanair because Ryanair maintains their mellow quality service.An announcement by the government of Ireland To break up the state monopoly may be brought some questions in European airline industry. However, if this plan implemented then Ryanair can be seriously affected It may block Ryanair future expansion in the Ireland. Economic AnalysisRyanair is Eu ropean base company and so many of its operations are not affected by the exchange rate, as single currency operates many of these countries.The just now economical issue can the price of Oil, as Oil pricing are increasing frequently, this can be effect the low fare strategy of the company.The taxation policy bring negative impact on the employees of the company as Eur well-defined mating has announced EU deleted duty-free on intra-EU.Social AnalysisEuropean Union is and economic union of 27 countries. They developed a single commercialise and single currency for exchange. A large number of people travel both day from one country to another country so they need a best solution and cheap fare travelling which is provided by the Ryanair. engineering science AnalysisRyanair is taking the best advantage of technology by providing solution through the internet. But this trend is growing in the European Airline industry and other airlines are establishing their website. By using the technology Ryanair save cost and open up revenue like advertisement income. Environment Analysis babys room emission is the big issue which is facing by Ryanair. Ryanair strategy has a positive environmental impact. At present, aura accounts for roughly 5% of the UKs emissions, but this is anticipate to rise to 25% by 2030 (Economist 200535).The other main environmental issue is noise, the 737-800 pull up stakes to reduce this issue.Legal AnalysisThe reiterated rule against illegal state subsidies hoped to be establish fair deal for the airline industry of Europe. EU decision was based on non-discrimination legislation preventing airport from offering contrastiveial deal to different airline operators. On the contrary, Ryanair may need to repay penalty for breaking rule.Porters Five Forces AnalysisBargaining power of suppliersRyanairs main suppliers are Boeing. Two come-at-able suppliers of planes for Ryanair in the market are Airbus and Boeing but Ryanairs main supplier is B oeing.Tring to switch supplier would be very costly because pilots would have to trained for the new mechanics. Ryanair controls aviation fuel through prevarication Price. Small and regional airports can have little bargaining power as compare to big and commercial airports because they solo dependent on one airline. Ryanair avoid big airports and work from regional airports such as Stainsted and Gatwick.Bargaining Power of CustomersCustomers are price sensitive. It is very comfortable for customer to switch from one airline to other airline. Due to the increasing trend of reservation through internet customer can easily change airline. Ryanair is providing very low fare to customers but customers are not loyal.Threat of New EntrantsRynair can handle this issue by following these steps rear Some barriers and obstacles to newentry Availability of some restricted slots make more difficult to find suitable airports for new entrants. By Starting price war.Competitive competition in that respect is very high competition in the market. Too many service providers are in the rivalry. Ryanair has first mover advantage in this market bacuase when they started the service their was no service providers but now there are many airlines in the competition with Ryanair.3. Ryanairs Resources and CapabilitiesResourcesRyanair has following threshold resources1. Financial Resources2. Hub Set up in Regional Airports3. Number of AircraftsFollowing unique resources make Ryanair distinguish from their competitors1. Website2. Boeing 737 Aircrafts3. CEO Michael O Leary4. Award of Best managed Airline5. Dedicated Team of counselling6. Ryanair Direct LimitedCompetencesThreshold CompetencesLow FaresAdvanced Reservation SystemBaggage handlingOn time serviceOperating expanses in Euro notesAdvertising and ancillary services gross salesCore Competences1. Efficient Staff Low costs of staff training2. Fast Turnaound time management3. set free Seat Givaways No fares4. Good Quality Ser vice No15. Third party service outsourcing6. Performance related pay structure7. Labour costs freeze off than rivals.4. Strategic SituationSWOT Analysis of Ryanairs EnvironmentStrengths of the Company Brand nameRyanair has very well recognised brand name in the LCC market.Low airport chargesRyanair has advantage of low charges for airport.First moverThis advantage acts as a barrier to new entryBookings on the InternetMore than 94% booking on the internet contributes in low cost distributionAircrafts-BoeingRyanair has A consistent fleet for maintenance.High performancePunctuality, low baggage loss. role of AircraftBy keep maintaining Ryanair is able to flies longer and generating more revenue from assets.Small headquartersLow on overheadsWeaknesses of the CompanyNiche market dependant expansion possibilityDistance of AirportsMany regional airports are far from advertised destination.Changes in-charges frequentlyOpportunitiesThere is a lot of new destinations expected to open as Eur opean Union is going to be enlargeThe market share would be doubled as there is still potential in the company to capture market share.Recession can help as Ryanair offers low fare cost and can catch the new customers as providence is slow down.Threats for the CompanyIncreasing price of oil is a big threat for company as fuel costs depend on the oil market. Low fare competition is increased Europena court dicision can make more difficult to make expansion. Growth in the South European market is limited Bargaining power increases on regional airports Customers are price sensitive5. Strategic choice.Options1. Low cost strategies- First Otion is to Continue the low cost strategy to persevere top of the Cost Leadership2. New Investment New investment can be made for modernised fleet. Will conk more uniform with only one model (737-800) which leads to cheap maintenance. Ryanair would use the next generation aircraft Boeing 737-800 as an opportunity to rejuvenate the image of the comp any. By using new quality infrasture and Boeing 737-800 the perception can be made false which is Ryanair is los cost service, it is also a low quality service. Change in uniform can increase the confident level of staff and provide a good change for the customers. It will be inexpensive relatively and will not effect the companys equity in wide range and companys price leadership strategy will not be destroyed.3. New markets Look for the new places in the Europe to thunder the business.Michael Porters Generic StrategiesFor Ryanair to obtain a sustainable competitive advantage, Michael Porter suggests that any company/ constitution can follow either one of three generic strategies. Strategy 1 Cost Leadership. Strategy 2 Differentiation Strategy 3 Niche strategies Are you Stuck in the middle?Opt. 1Cost Leadership StrategyTo enhance growth of the company Ryanair should pursue Cost leadership strategy which is provided by the Porters Generic Strategy.Cost Leadership could be make in the following ways Increasing profits by reducing the costs, composition charging industry-average prices.Increasing market share through charging lower prices, while still making a reasonable profit on each sale due to reduced costs.Bowmans Strategy ClockThe Strategy Clock is based upon the work of Cliff Bowman (see C. Bowman and D. Faulkner Competitive and Corporate Strategy Irwin 1996). This is an appropriate way to analyze a companys competitive position in analogy to the offerings of competitors.Ansoff MatrixAnsoffs Product/Market MatrixOpt. 1 Opt. 2Opt. 3Market PenetrationOption 1Market penetration technique can used in the current market with current brand or product.By repositioning the brand and or promoting the products Ryanair can increase its revenue.Product ontogenyOption 2 Product development means bringing a new product in the existing market. This is where Ryanair will market their newest investment. Ryanair would lounge a new product to the existing market this will help to increase the profitability of the company and awareness of new brand can bring more customers towards the organization.Market DevelopmentHere, Ryanair would try to open up new markets possibly some where in the Europe and can provide current product or service to those markets. capital punishment Methods of OptionsThe Following is a table showing the three picks chosen above and the writ of execution method chosen for each pick.OptionImplementation Method ProposedContinuation of low cost strategiesOrganic Growth2- 2-Investment in modernised fleet, which leads to slight expensive maintenanceOrganic GrowthTry to expand the European markets to accommodate more European countries and also open new markets servicing parts of North America, South America and the CaribbeanOrganic Growth send off 4 Table showing Options and the Implementation method proposedOrganic growthOrganic growth refers to the growth that achieved by internally investments made by the firm inside th e organization. Organic growth is rate of business expansion through increasing the output and sales as opposed to acquisitions and take-over by the other organisation.There are some benefits of this methodLatest TechnologyCost SpreadChoice of LocationNo Inappropriate Cultural HistoryThe above options can be evaluated for suitability, acceptability and feasibility and then these can be successfully implemented.Suitability means wheather a strategy fulfil the requirements those are needed to remain operating an organisation. Moreover whether the chosen options are in the line of mission, vision and objective of the organisation.To test suitability following should be determinedExamine whether the organisation possess the key resources to pursue the option.Analysis of the organisations external environment, whether the option is suited for the organisation.Determine the competitive advantage and if go ahead with the option would it lead the organisation to a good financial performance .2. AcceptabilityAcceptability concerned with the expected performance outcome of the strategy.A financial risk analysis should be done here.The effectiveness of the impact on the followingEmployees Bankers Customers Suppliers Stakeholders Shareholders 3. FeasibilityFeasibility examines the following options Internal constraints which would restrict the implementation of the option and also the weakness that would constrict the option Would the option improve performance level within the resources? What resources are possessed and additional requirements to pursue the options Commitment from managers and human resource and the physical constraints e.g. industry-rights and air-space legislation.Suitability animateness Cycle AnalysisLife Cycle Analysis showing Ryanairs positionThe above figure shows the Life Cycle Analysis for Ryanair. Ryanair is providing services from the last devil decades and we can say that the company is in its maturity stage, it can be seen from the above fig ure.Keeping observe low cost strategies Ryanair can increase the sales and defiantly profitability of the organisation can be increased.Ryanair should use the next generation aircraft as an opportunity and new fashioned uniform can be give the break off dynamic look of the organisation.Climate change is playing a critical role. Due to change of climate easterly Europ contries are adequate tour places and attracting the visitor to there. Thousand of visitors are travelling to Eastern countries every year just for only visiting the places. Skyroute aviation has al lively started flights for some of these places but still there are opportunities for Ryanair.Value Chain AnalysisInfrastructureHRMTechn.Dev.ProcurementInbound Operations Outbound Marketing ServiceLogistics Logistics Sales rule 6 An Illustration of Ryanairs Value ChainThe main core competencies of Ryanair are Their unique cost cutting policy Robustness CultureImplementation of option 1Continue following the low cost stra tegies, takes into consideration all of Ryanairs main core competencies. In terms of robustness, competitors of Ryanair can imitate but if not implemented in the right way, could prove detrimental to competitors.Implemention of Option 2 New Investment New investment for modrnised fleet, leads to cheap maintenance will buzz off more uniformed with only one model (737-800). Large amount of finance should be needed for the option because buying new aircraft is not a cheaper solution. But Ryanair can afford this solution and can go ahead with thic option. Being such a large airline, with 300 million profit only in 2007 and having a high level of dominance in the European market, this option proves to be the most suitable for the organisation.Option 3 New Markets By expanding business into new market can be profitable as we discussed above in this report there are some opportunities in Eastern European countries where a large scale of profit can be seen easily. Ryanair should go for it and by expanding business into new countries and new markets within the Europe will help to generate a large amount of profit.The most Suitable strategic option to be implemented is Option 2 Investment in modernised fleet, which leads to less expensive maintenance will become more uniformed with only one model (737-800), also newer planes will require less maintenance.AcceptabilityOption 2 New Investment Acceptability for option 2 which leads to less expensive maintenance will become more uniformed with only one model (737-800), also newer planes will require less maintenance.This is large profit generating option and the return will almost one and a half times the profit of 2007.The aim of product development is to fulfil the requirements and follow the changes need by the customers. To satisfying the customers about the service of Ryanair that Ryanair is providing them a better quality service as compare to others. In this option Ryanair also introduced a new fashioned uniform for the employees so they can feel change and this will build a good relationship between customers and staff.Benefit to StakeholdersFollowing this option all shareholders will get benefit because their share entertain will increase. Banks also get benefit in terms of large amount need to implement this option, so bank defiantly will involve.By following this option public perception accordingly get changed. They feel the change as new uniformed aircrafts, fleets and new dressed staff is ready to welcoming them at airport and airplanes.FeasibilityOption two is perfect for the company because Ryanair possess all the resources which are needed for the option such as finance.The above diagram shows the 2055 to 2008 there was two times growth in Ryanairs revenue and more than 50 percent profit increase. So it is cleare that financial capabilities of Ryanair can support this option and hence it is feasible for the company.Ryanair is paying better to their employees over the last year. The employees of Ryanair are getting highst pay among other airlines operating in Europe. With the implementation of option 2 Ryanair can continue to provide hundreds of new jobs and tens of promotional opportunities.Ryanair is a Europes major airline which is 50% cheaper than any other European airline. Ryanair is continue to grow. Accordint to IATA (Internation Air Transport Association Ryanair is worlds largest international airline which carries Largent international passengers.