This document provides a SWOT analysis of EasyJet airline. It discusses EasyJet's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. It also examines EasyJet's marketing objectives, pricing decisions, factors affecting costs in the airline industry, how the nature of the airline market and demand affects EasyJet, general pricing approaches by airlines, and whether EasyJet can continue to maintain a competitive advantage based on price.

3. SWOT ANALYSIS OF EASYJET

4. STRENGTHS

5. WEAKNESSES

6. OPPORTUNITIES

7. THREATS

8. Question 1
How do easyJet’s marketing objectives and
its marketing mix strategy affect its pricing
decisions?

9. easyJet’s Mission Statement:
“To provide our customers with safe, good value, point-
to-point air services . To effect and to offer a
consistent and reliable product and fares
appealing to leisure and business markets on a range of
European routes. To achieve this we will develop our people

10. OBJECTIVES
Low fares and high frequency between major
European airports
Consumers willing to pay ( a little ) more for value-
added proposition
Growth based on joining the dots and adding
frequency

11. Segmentation and Targeting:
•Business and Leisure Consumers
Differentiation and Positioning:
•Flies to all the primary airports in
Europe
•Commitment to customer service

12. With recognition for providing more efficient, low-cost flights,
whilst maintaining as a high quality of service as possible,
easyJet is positioning itself to its consumer base as the best
form of budget travel in Europe.
Price is a crucial positioning factor

13. •Therefore, the marketing mix is based on keeping
costs to a minimum to allow the airline to offer
the lowest fares possible

14. Product / Customer solution:
‣Features: Punctual and no-frills
‣Brand name: EASY to pronounce, recognise, and
remember
‣Packaging: ORANGE

15. Place / Convenience:
• easyJet’s website acts as a main distribution channel for
e-ticketing
• Can be viewed in 18 languages

16. Promotion/Communications:
easyJet advertisements can be
seen everywhere, in cities all
over Europe from giant
billboards to public transport
buses.

17. Question 2
Discuss factors that have affected the nature
of costs in the airline industry since 2000.
How have these factors affected pricing
decisions?

18. FACTORS SINCE 2000
Heightened Environmental Consciousness
Information Age
Terrorism
Energy Crisis

19. HEIGHTENED ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSCIOUSNESS
2002's World Summit on Sustainable
Development
Environmental Taxes
Cleaner plane models/engines

20. INFORMATION AGE
Broadband mainstream since
2000s
Introduction of advanced
technology
Less cost for labour and
infrastructure and less time
incurred to complete the same
job

21. TERRORISM
9/11 attacks
Security procedures introduced
High-tech detection hardware
Higher costs incurred for safety and
peace of mind
Aviation insurance

22. ENERGY CRISIS
2000s energy crisis
Rising cost of crude oil
Higher costs are translated to
airline industry as jet fuel is
processed from crude oil
Hedging policy reduces fuel cost
increase to a limited extent

23. AVERAGE U.S. JET FUEL PRICE

24. AIRFARE PRICING TRENDS
Low enough to attract demand, high enough to offset increases in
cost
Airfare price range depends dramatically on the following variables
listed in order of importance:
Competition on Route
Seat Demand
Distance of Route
Seat Supply
Fuel Prices

25. AVERAGE AIR FARES
1995 Q1 TO 2010 Q2

26. FACTORS DECREASING
PRICES
Introduction of Information Technology (IT)

27. FACTORS INCREASING
PRICES
Environmentalism
Terrorism
Energy Crisis

28. OUTCOME
➡ Higher Costs Are Translated To The Airfares

29. Question 3
How do the nature of the airline market
and the demand for airline service affect
easyJet’s decisions?

30. NATURE OF AIRLINE MARKET
Oligopolistic competition
Consists of some older and major
conventional airlines
A few up and coming low cost
carriers
Rival consciousness prevalent

31. DEMAND FOR AIRLINE SERVICE
(FROM EASYJET’S VIEWPOINT)
The price-demand relationship: lower the
price, the higher the demand
easyJet has positioned itself as low-cost
airline
Its pricing strategy is based on Good
Value Pricing

32. PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND
(FOR EASYJET SERVICES)
easyJet faces a consumer DD that is highly elastic
i.e. There will be a large change in Qd for a small
change in price

33. REASONS FOR HIGH PED
Its services are no-frills airplane
flights. These are not unique.
Relatively easy to find similar
substitutes
Total expenditure of airline tickets is a
significant proportion of Yd

34. EASYJET MARKETING
DECISIONS
Nature of market + DDproduct= Marketing Decisions

35. COMPETING WITH OTHER
AIRLINES

37. Question 4
What general pricing approaches have
airlines pursued?

38. PRICING STRATEGIES MATRIX
Quality
LOW HIGH
LOW ECONOMY PENETRATION
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HIGH SKIMMING PREMIUM

39. FULL SERVICE CARRIERS
Price Discrimination
Based on fare classes
Charge each customers
as much as they are
willing to pay

40. Value-Added Pricing
Offering passengers a
superior range of ground
and onboard services
In return for a much
HIGHER fare

41. “Fences”
Must be built to prevent passengers from
substituting higher fares for discounted tickets
In the form of minimum stay requirements, date and/
or route change penalties

42. Different Class of Services
First, Business, Economy Plus,
Economy
Business class may cost 5-10 times
more than Economy but the
service costs much lesser than that

43. LOW COST CARRIERS
Reverse Price System
The further the date of
departure, the cheaper the ticket
Encourages customers to book
early
Able to gauge demand for every
flight

44. No “Frills”
No free meals and beverages
onboard, no frequent fliers
program etc
More seats are available in one
flight to maximise profits

45. One-way Ticketing Policy
Customers only required to buy
one-way ticket
Need to purchase two one-way
tickets for a round trip
Gives full flexibility to plan their
trip as they please
Appeal to the business travellers

46. Question 5
Do you think that EasyJet will be able to
continue to maintain a competitive
advantage based on price? What will happen
if other carriers match the low-price leader?

47. CURRENT COMPETITIVE
ADVANTAGES BASED ON PRICES
No frills
Lower operating costs
High productivity of resources
Increasing revenue
Reduced distribution costs

48. ARGUMENTS AGAINST MAINTAINING
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES BASED ON
PRICES
Low cost airline industry increasingly competitive
Competitors serving secondary airports (More cost savings)
Natural limitations on price; Increases in fuel price and
airport charges

49. Competitors imitate online booking process and
offer competitive flight rates
Low cost airline industry characterized by mergers
and acquisitions

50. Example of mergers/acquisition

51. MAINTAINING NON-PRICE BASED
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES THROUGH
DIFFERENTIATION
Flying to main airports in
cities

52. Improved online booking system (User friendly,
interactive)

53. City, Bars + Nightlife, Shopping, Eating, Cafes,
Events
EasyJetPlus Card

54. Punctuality and safety

55. Flexibility

56. RECOMMENDATIONS

57. Profile #1: Winston
Background:
★Businessman
★Age: 25-39
★Middle Income
★High reliance on information technology
★Independent
★Work for SMEs (size of the company price sensitive)
★Job scope requires them to fly frequently
Needs:
★Punctuality of flights
★Adequate amount of comfort
★Flexible reservation systems
★Affordability

59. INFRASTRUCTURE
Develop infrastructure for in-flight
Wireless Internet service
Provide in-flight Wireless Internet for
FREE

60. DISCOUNTED CONTRACTS
Develop discounted contracts with
SMEs
Partner with prominent SMEs and
provide their staff with benefits
when they travel with easyJet

61. BUSINESS-SELECT SEATS
Implementation of business-
select seats/tickets
Provide front row seats with
more leg rooms

62. FREQUENT FLYER PROGRAM
Implementation of frequent
flyer program-loyalty based
benefits to ensure continued
revenue
Eg. KrisFlyer
Current easyJet card has only
membership-based benefits

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68. Facebook and Twitter
➡ Social Networking Sites to keep EasyJet
backpackers informed for the latest tourist
attractions

69. Discounts for Reliable & Low-Cost
Accomodation
Exclusively for easyBIG members

70. EASYJET BACKPACKER FORUM (EBF)
Provide a common platform for
exchange of information and
preferences on tourist destinations
Inform backpackers of upcoming
EasyJet promotions
Tourists with common interest can
travel together

71. EasyJet Merchandise
Partner with an established baggage
brand (eg, Crumpler, Timbuk2)
Allow members to accumulate flyer
points to redeem such merchandize
This can create a sense of belonging

72. Links between Recommendations
and Profiling of Backpackers

73. GENERIC
RECOMMENDATIONS
Sequence of boarding
To minimise obstruction

74. Implement full refund for cancellations within 24 hrs
Abolish cancellation fee
Psychological comfort – peace of mind
Eg, For Businessmen- meeting time changes
For Backpackers – Unforeseen circumstances such as
weather conditions / political situations

75. CONCLUSION

76. CONCLUSION

77. CONCLUSION
“Come on, let’s

78. CONCLUSION
fly!!”
“Come on, let’s