Consumer Buying Behaviour Related to Low Cost Air Travel Services by Ryanair Airlines

This presentation examines the consumer buying behaviour related to low cost air travel services provided by Ryanair airlines. It explores the consumer decision-making process, including need recognition, information gathering, evaluation of alternatives, and final purchase decision. The application of this framework to Ryanair airlines is discussed, highlighting the company's low cost and comfortable services. The presentation concludes with the importance of understanding consumer behaviour for improving services and increasing market base.

Consumer buying
behaviour related to
low cost air travel
services given by
Ryanair airlines

Content
 Introduction
 Consumer decision-making process and consumer behaviour
 Application of Framework regarding Ryanair airlines
 Conclusion
 References

INTRODUCTION
Ryanair DAC is an Irish low budget airlines which were founded in
1984 and has their headquarters in Swords, Dublin, Ireland with
their main operational bases in Dublin and London. In this
presentation consumer buying decision-making regarding low cost
airline services given by Ryanair will be examined. Also the process
and steps through which consumer selects airline services will also
be discussed in detail.

Consumer decision-making process and
consumer behaviour
Consumer decision-making process involves
various stages through which their needs
are identified, information related to
products or services that can satisfy their
needs are gathered, alternatives are
evaluated according their specifications
and finally a final purchase decision is
made i.e. the product or service is bought
by paying for the value they receive.

 Need recognition : At this stage consumers identify a need or a
problem that needs to be solved by using a product or a service.
While choosing an airline service customers have different
requirements like a person travelling for business purpose will
select comfortable air service regardless of their expenses while a
person travelling for tourism, leisure or education purpose would
choose a cheaper flight.

Application of Framework regarding
Ryanair airlines
The consumer decision-making and consumer behaviour of Ryanair
consumers can be studied by application of the process that
consumers usually adopt while taking a purchase decision in airline
industry which is explained below :
 Need recognition : Ryanair provides low cost and comfortable
services to passengers which can be chosen by all type of
customers. Ryanair makes travelling easier, faster and more
affordable to customers and connects over 224 destinations in 37
countries with the availability of flights at various time
schedules. Customers can identify their location, budget and
service requirement and then gather more information regarding
the services given by Ryanair airlines.

Conclusion
From the above presentation it can be concluded that consumers
while choosing Ryanair airline services follows a specific set of
framework or process so that they can evaluate all the options
available to them in airline service and choose the airline service
that can give them high satisfaction level or value for money. The
consumer buying behaviour can help Ryanair in improving its
services so that the market base can be increased and it can continue
to remain the best low budgeted airline service in Europe.

References
Books and Journals
Belobaba, P., Odoni, A. and Barnhart, C. eds., 2015. The global airline
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Holland, C.P., Jacobs, J.A. and Klein, S., 2015. An analysis of consumer
search patterns in the German airline market using panel data. In
Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2015 (pp.
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Online
Consumer Decision Making Process .2019. [Online].Available
through:<http://www.ccsfmarketing.com/consumer-decision-
making.html>

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