Analysis of the Etihad Airways

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2011 in the subject Business economics - Offline Marketing and Online Marketing, grade: B, The University of Liverpool, language: English, abstract: Etihad Airways is one of the world¿s most famous airline carrier based at the Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. This organization is well known for its quality cabin crew services it provides to its clients. The cabin crew is made up of highly qualified beverage and food managers, cabin mangers, cabin seniors and cabin crew who are dedicated to providing quality services to its clients, hence the organization¿s top reputation globally. The airline operates in various destinations globally including Africa, Asia, Americas, Middle East and Europe. Alongside the airline services, Etihad airways operate other services including Etihad Cargo and Etihad Holidays (Saleem, 2010). The organization has its head office in the Khalifa City in the Abu Dhabi international airport where the organization¿s corporate activities are controlled at. The organization is governed by the board of directors consisting of seven non-independent executive members, an audit committee and an executive committee. The boards of directors are responsible for coming up with legislations, rules and policies which govern the organization. The winning of the World Travels award is one of the contributing factors among other wards which have contributed to this organization¿s excellent performance and positive public picture (Lastrou & Oretti, 2007). This airway carrier operates in a total of 86 destinations globally. These destinations are located in a total of 42 countries distributed across Africa, Americas, Europe, North America, Asia and Oceania. Etihad provides quality in-flight entertainment services to its clients meeting their comfort. The organization has partnership agreements with other airline companies which promote the company¿s operations. These include the Aer Lingus, Bangkok Airways, Jet Airways and American Airlines among other airlines. Therefore, this paper will analyze in detail this airline operation including its marketing strategy, objectives, flyer programs, and its membership ties among other organization¿s operations (Vedder, 2008).