BIZ304: Qantas Domestic Strategic Plan - Client Questions Analysis

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This document presents a series of questions formulated for the Qantas client, aimed at clarifying the project brief for a business development assignment. The questions delve into various aspects of Qantas's operations, including its ranking in the Skytrax world's best airline list, the impact of pricing on passenger numbers, staff engagement challenges, the implications of introducing new flight routes, the potential of adding facilities like hotels and rental cars, and the influence of these changes on the economic stability of the country. Furthermore, questions address the impact of modern planes, changes in time zones and climate, customer satisfaction, the core competencies of competitors, effective strategies for change, runway availability, and the effects on internal operational functions. Each question includes a rationale explaining its importance and references to support the inquiry, providing a comprehensive framework for understanding and addressing the client's needs within the context of the assignment.
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Subject Name and Code
Client Name (Organisation)

Student Group Name

Student Names

Clarifying the project brief:
Questions for the Client
No.
Question Rationale
(why ask this

question)

Reference

(if applicable)

1
What do you think about
QANTAS again fallen out

from top 10 and this

happen 4
th time in a
continuity in the annual

Skytrax world’s best

airline ranking?

The continuous fall in

the ranking affect the

investment
(Skytrax,
2019)
.
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2
How decreasing the price
of domestic flight would

affect the increased

passengers?

Boeing 787

Dreamliner, of

QANTAS

continuously losing its

popularity in the

passenger.

https://www.qantas.com/au/en/

travel-guides/australia.html

3
Do QANTAS need to
manage the challenges in

the internal staff

QANTAS staff age is

higher than the other

airlines, and so the

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employment engagement? rates of employment
challenges are high in

the QANTAS
(Spina,
2018)
.
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4
Do you think the
introducing the new routes

in the flight operation will

cost higher in the pilot and

crew-member’s fee?

To operate the flight

QANTAS will need to

new staff for the

flights.

https://skift.com/2019/06/03/

qantas-scales-back-ambitions-

for-ultra-long-flights/

5
Do you think adding other
facilities like hotel stay

and rental cars will result

the increased sales of the

flight services in long

route?

QANTAS serving the

spa service in its

flight, giving

profitable return in

customer satisfaction

(Christopher & Tsui,

2019)
.
https://www.theguardian.com/

business/2019/aug/22/qantas-

tests-direct-flights-from-uk-

and-us-sydney-australia

6
How the adding of the new
routes will benefit the

airline sector?

Long and direct flights

are more preferred in

the passengers.

https://www.qantas.com/in/

en.html

7

What impact would the

new changes will make on

the economic stability of

the country?

This is a business

decision connected to

domestic and

international

https://www.qantas.com/in/

en.html
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economic stability.
8

How do you see the impact

of using modern planes

would affect the route

decisions?

Modern planes are

modified with the

carbon-fibre

construction, can

stand in the high

altitude pressure

(Joyce, 2017)
.
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9

How do you see the

changing the time zones or

climate of other country

would affect the pilot and

crew members?

Flying the long route

flight causes

challenging issues

with the changed

time-zone and climate

conditions of other

country
(Gabriele,
2019)
.
https://www.qantas.com/in/

en.html

10

Most importantly, how it

will help to reduce the

customer discomfort and

dissatisfaction from the

flight service?

QANTAS airline is

regularly facing

customer complaints

regarding their

cancellation and

delayed flights.

https://

www.airlinequality.com/airline-

reviews/qantas-airways/
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11 How the core
competencies of the other

airlines affect the

QANTAS new

innovation?

Downfall from the top

10 rank had increased

core-competencies of

the other airlines

(Christopher & Tsui,

2019)
.
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12
What strategies should be
developed by the

QANTAS to make the

change effective and

profitable?

Introducing new

flights without

purchasing new air-

plane will be

challenging to

manage.

https://www.qantas.com/in/

en.html

13
How the aviation industry
will deal the run-way

availability for the new

flights?

New flights will affect

the run-way

operations.

https://www.qantas.com/in/

en.html

14
How much the internal
operative function will be

affected in relation to

check-in and boarding

process?

Ground staffs need to

adjust their shift

timing according the

new schedule.
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References
Christopher, R., & Tsui, H. K. (2019). Review of Airline-within-Airline strategy: Case

studies of the Singapore Airlines Group and Qantas Group.
Case Studies on Transport
Policy
, 150-165.
Gabriele, S. (2019).
Airbus: Brexit and the trans-european business catalyst. SAGE
Publications.

Joyce, A. (2017).
Positioning the Qantas Group for Growth and Sustainable Returns.
Retrieved September 24, 2019, from https://investor.qantas.com:

https://investor.qantas.com/FormBuilder/_Resource/_module/doLLG5ufYkCyEPjF1t

pgyw/file/presentations/QAN-Investor-Day-2017.pdf

Skytrax. (2019).
Qantas Airways Customer Reviews. Retrieved September 27, 2019, from
https://www.airlinequality.com:

https://www.airlinequality.com/airline-reviews/qantas-airways/

Spina, T. L. (2018, May 3).
Qantas Group - Positioned for Growth and Sustainable Returns.
Retrieved September 25, 2019, from https://investor.qantas.com/:

https://investor.qantas.com/FormBuilder/_Resource/_module/doLLG5ufYkCyEPjF1t

pgyw/file/presentations/Macquarie_Conference_Final_20180503.pdf
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