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Have you heard this name: Southwest Airlines [this company is said to inspire many other no frills airlines]. Their cheap flights tickets strategy managed to prevail in the world of America. The secret of their success is: during the flight, it was not provided a complete food, there’s only nuts and snacks, on time flights, services, and operates only one type of aircraft, namely Boeing 737 [445 aircraft].

It is seen that the key to the success of Southwest Airlines are:

1. Learning and Growth
Its objective is the “Ground Crew Alignment”. This objective is achieved through employee training and implementation of the ESOP (employee stock ownership programs). For employee training, the target of Southwest Airlines are: the entire crew must be trained within a period of five years.
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