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SWOT Analysis of Southwest Airlines

&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 align&equals;"justify">Southwest Airlines Corporation is an USA&&num;8217&semi;s low-cost airline&period; It is the biggest airline in the world by carrying highest number of passengers per year 2009&period; As of 31 December&comma; 2009&comma; it drives more than 3&comma;200 flights daily&period; Southwest Airlines has carried more customers than any other U&period;S&period; airline since August 2006&period; It is also known as the synonym for customer service quality and low-cost&period; To better understand the Southwest Airline the SWOT analysis of is discussed below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>&&num;160&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3>Strengths<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p> &&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Ambition for the airline industry and other businesses around the world&&num;160&semi;&&num;160&semi; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Low cost leadership southeast airline adopted low cost strategy to give every individual to fly with southeast airline at the lowest possible fares&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">40 years old in airline industry achieved economies of scale&period;&&num;160&semi;&&num;160&semi;&&num;160&semi;&&num;160&semi; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Southwest Airlines has constantly been victorious in terms of profitability&comma; good union and employee relations&comma; and customer satisfaction&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Recognized as one of the great value and excellent service&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Proposed acquisition of AirTran Holdings&comma; Incorporating the parent company of AirTran Airways&semi; the acquisition will considerably enlarge Southwest Airlines&&num;8217&semi; low-fare service to several further customers in more domestic destinations or markets&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Central to the company&&num;8217&semi;s achievement is a culture of family-orientation&comma; flexibility&comma; and fun&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Whereas 90&percnt; of its employees are unionized&comma; labor relationships have been extremely positive&comma; particularly by industry standards&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Highest daily domestic departures than any other commercial U&period;S&period; airline<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Ranked number one &&num;8220&semi;Most Reliable Airline for dependability&&num;8221&semi; in Forbes Magazine&comma; 2008&comma; and ranked number one &&num;8220&semi;Customer Service or Friendliest Airline&&num;8221&semi; Time&period;com&comma; 2008&comma; and &&num;8220&semi;Readers&&num;8217&semi; Choice Award for Best Airfare Prices&&num;8221&semi;SmarterTravel&comma; 2009<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&NewLine;<h3>Weaknesses <&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p> &&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">There are no prescribed structures for labor or union involvement in management decision making<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Less number of international takeoffs and less flying during morning time<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Do not have segmentation such as Business Class&comma; Economy class&comma; and Lower class etc&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Dependence on single producer<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Legroom to carry freight and cargo is limited&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Opportunities<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p> &&num;160&semi;&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;<&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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