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Southwest Airlines SWOT Analysis

&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;left&semi;margin&colon;0px 0px 0px 0&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Following are the Strengths&comma; Weakness&comma; Opportunities and Threats of the Southwest Airline&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Strengths<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>• Southwest Airlines is known to be one of the major low cost airline leaders and an initiator in being a low cost carrier&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>• According to the number of passengers&comma; Southwest has been termed as the largest airline in the world&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>• It has quite a diversified management&comma; which makes it more efficient in handling crisis&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>• As the initiator for being a low cost carrier&comma; it managed to score a lot of revenue&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>• It is known to be the third largest fleet for carrying passengers in the aircraft industry all over the world&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad2" id&equals;"quads-ad2" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>• By posting a profit for the 36th consecutive year in January 2009&comma; it is known to be one of the most profitable airlines in the industry&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>• The Short trips that were without any frills were one of the major reasons for Southwest’s popularity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>• It has a simple fare structure&comma; and it is one of the basic reasons which made this company successful&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>• It has a positive organizational culture and encourages a positive and warm employee culture&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>• It gives the option to the customer to change reservations without paying any additional costs&period;&lbrack;sky&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Weaknesses<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>• It has not offered any segmented seating i-e&period; There is no business class or 1st class seating arrangement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>• Most of the employees are members of the employee union&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>• Carries an insignificant amount of cargo&sol;freight&period;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;

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