Hawaiian Airlines SWOT Analysis, USP & Competitors

Hawaiian Airlines

Parent Company

Hawaiian Holdings Inc

Category

International

Sector

Airlines

Tagline/ Slogan

Hawai'i flies with us

USP

It is not a network carrier or a point-to-point carrier, but a “destination carrier,” In all its marketing efforts, “we wrap ourselves in the flag of Hawaii.”

Hawaiian Airlines STP

Segment

Customers looking to travel to Hawaii

Target Group

Middle Class and upper middle class

Positioning

Experience Hawaiian Culture on entering the plane

Hawaiian Airlines SWOT Analysis

Strengths

1. Only airline to travel interisland to four out of eight islands
2. Simple business plan aimed at bringing people from all parts of its networks to Hawaiian islands
3. Unbroken decades of record of safety
4. Largest airline in Hawaii and one of the largest commercial airline in the US

5. Rated the best carrier serving Hawaii by Travel + Leisure,  Zagat, and Condé Nast Traveler

Weaknesses

1.Other airlines offering services to same location at cheaper prices
2. Hawaii is too far south to be a good connecting point between most of Asia and North America
3. Only a handful of destinations—including Taipei and New Zealand—where the carrier can realistically market connecting flights to the U.S. mainland.

Opportunities

1.Expanding to new countries by planning to fly two new cities Beijing and Tapei
2.Growing into even more cities based on the success of current plan

Threats

1.Increasing cost of aviation fuel
2.Competition from competitors is a concern

3.Increasing maintenance cost and declining operating income

Hawaiian Airlines Competition

Competitors

1.Virgin America
2.American Eagle
3.Jetblue Airways