airlines Case Interview Questions & Answers

China Southern Airlines to Fly New Guangzhou-Perth Route

Case Type: new product; math problem.
Consulting Firm: Bain & Company first round summer internship job interview.
Industry Coverage: airlines.

Case Interview Question #00627: Our client China Southern Airlines Company Limited is an airline headquartered in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China. It is the world’s sixth largest airline measured by passengers carried, and Asia’s largest airline in terms of both fleet… Read the rest

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Airbus to Build New A380 Assembly Facility in France

Case Type: operations strategy, supply chain optimization; new product.
Consulting Firm: Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH) first round summer internship job interview.
Industry Coverage: aerospace & defense; airlines.

Case Interview Question #00624: Our client Airbus SAS is an aircraft manufacturing subsidiary of EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, Euronext: EAD), an European aerospace and defense company. Based in Blagnac, France, a suburb… Read the rest

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Apax Partners To Not Invest in Low Cost Airline Start-up

Case Type: private equity, investment.
Consulting Firm: Arthur D. Little first round summer internship job interview.
Industry Coverage: airlines; startups.

Case Interview Question #00617: Our client Apax Partners is a global private equity and venture capital firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. The firm, including its various predecessors, have raised approximately USD $35 billion dating back to 1969. As of 2012, Apax had… Read the rest

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Southwest to Offer Free Flight Ticket for Children Under 14

Case Type: new product; math problem.
Consulting Firm: Seabury Group first round full-time job interview.
Industry Coverage: airlines.

Case Interview Question #00608: Our client Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) is a large low-cost carrier in the United States headquartered in Dallas, Texas. As of November 2012, Southwest Airlines operates scheduled service to 78 destinations in 39 states. The airlines does not use the more… Read the rest

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JetBlue Airlines to Enter Central Illinois Market

Case Type: market entry, new market.
Consulting Firm: Navigant Consulting first round job interview.
Industry Coverage: airlines.

Case Interview Question #00563: Your client JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) is an American low-cost airline headquartered in the Long Island City neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens. Its main base is John F. Kennedy International Airport, also in Queens. The airline mainly serves… Read the rest

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