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    Analysis of Ryanair1

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    Student name: xxx

    Student ID: xxx

    Course: Business in

    Information Systems

    (Year 3)

    Module: E-Business 1

    Lecturer name: xxx

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    Table of Contents

    Contents

    Ryanairs BusinessModel .............................................................................3

    Introduction to low-fare airline in Europe........................................3

    Business model overview..................................................................4

    How Ryanairs ancillary revenue fits in business model...................5

    An outline of agreements / Revenue Model....................................6

    How technology supports Ryanairs valuechain ......................................7

    InternetStrategy .......................................................................................10

    How technology supports Ryanairs low cost strategy..................10Internet marketing strategy...........................................................12

    Ryanair and social media...............................................................12

    Porters competitive forces...........................................................14

    Business processmodeling ....................................................................... 17

    Diagrams....................................................................................... 19Bibliography .............................. ...............................................................21

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    Ryanairs Business Model

    Introduction to low-fare airline in Europe

    Traditionally, the aviation market in Europe was controlled by the

    governments owning and protecting the monopoly of national carriers.While this situation facilitated high price maintenance, it resulted in

    additional costs to be borne by the customers. The significant cost

    barriers for entering the market, along with hostilities from the existing

    airlines effectively drove out all the cheap airlines, trying to establish in

    the market.

    By the mid 1980s, it was also clear that the policy was no longer tenable.

    Constant pressures from customers, the European Commission and the

    European Parliament triggered the process of reconsidering the situation

    by the governments. The actual airlines liberalization started in 1984 with

    a bilateral agreement between Britain and Netherlands, whereby both

    countries opened up their markets.

    Several months later, in Ireland, the Ryanair airline was established by

    Tony Ryan, becoming the leader of the start-ups. However, poor cost

    management between the years 1985-1991 led to severe losses and, in

    effect, to restructuring the company by adopting the South West Airline

    model. Ryanair officially became the first low-fare airline in Europe. [5]

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    Business model overview

    As of June 30, 2010, the Company has offered approximately 1300

    scheduled short-haul flights per day, serving 155 airports throughout the

    Europe and Morocco. Its operational fleet of 250 includes Boeing 737-800

    aircraft, being able to fly approximately 1100 routes. [13]

    Mission Statement:

    Ryanair will become Europes most profitable lowest cost airline by

    rolling out proven low-fare-no-frills service in all markets in which

    we operate, to the benefit of our passengers ,people, and

    shareholders. [12]

    Analyzing the Ryanairs business model in terms of Porters models, it can

    be deducted that the airline is starting to implement the low cost strategy.

    The company is targeting on price-conscious customers, regardless of the

    age, gender or travel purpose. This wide target market allowed Ryanair to

    serve 73 m passengers in 2010.

    In 2010, Ryanair is officially considered the cheapest airline in Europe

    (average fare of 35 euro), which makes the company attractive to a large

    number of customers. Ryanair is not planning to extend the company in

    the foreseeable future. The opportunity to increase profits is stealing themarket share from competitors. Since the airline market is currently

    saturated, Ryanair will focus on retaining existing customers and

    attracting new ones rather than expanding it to new routes and airports.

    Company claims that this strategy will boost the companys profits; at the

    same time, they are planning the expansion in the online base revenue

    sources, which already constitutes a significant amount of the total

    income.[11]

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    The Ryanairs low-cost business model is based upon Southern West

    airline and it proved to be very successful. However, having adopted the

    model of American carriers, Ryanair went even further in the development

    of cost reduction strategy. The core factors in making the company sosuccessful and creating such a huge competitive advantage, can be listed

    as follows:

    Unique aircraft type with lower maintenance costs and crew training

    costs

    High density to increase profitability

    Every additional service is charged

    Online service only

    Secondary airports

    Short turnaround and maximum utilization of aircraft

    Point-to-point flights

    Continuous innovative measures to increase ancillary revenues

    How Ryanairs ancillary revenue fits the business model.

    In 2006, it was claimed that Ryanairs website was the biggest travel

    website in Europe and the fifth, most recognizable brand in Google. This

    brings an enormous opportunity to convert this huge web traffic into

    profitable e-commerce and advertising revenues.

    In recent times, the Internet traffic, as well as the ability to utilize it

    adequately have become extremely important. The companys advertising

    potential may be a source of significant revenues flowing in.

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    Because of the complexity of its processes, Ryanairs value chain is not

    linear, as traditionally outlined by Michael Porter in 1980. While entering

    the companys website, the customer finds fimself in the centre of the

    organization, co-producing the service. Apart from the core business,Ryanair provides the customers with a number of options that add value

    for them.[1]

    In 2010, ancillary revenues accounted for approximately 660m euro and

    they include:

    Hotels

    Travel insurance

    Excess baggage charges

    Flight change fees

    Car rental services

    In- flight sales

    Rail transport services

    Commissions from Ryanairs credit card with MBNA

    Personal loans

    Ancillary Revenue components were outlined in the table below and they

    constitute 22,8% of the total Ryanairs revenue of 2,988,1m euro.

    Year endedMarch 31, 2010

    euroM

    Non-flight Scheduled....... 463,6

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    CarRental........................

    29,9

    In flightSales.................

    86,5

    Internet related............ 83,6

    Total................................ 663,6

    An outline of agreements / Revenue Model

    Taking advantage of high web traffic, Ryanair managed to make a number

    of agreements for its own and customers benefits.

    Ryanair has a contract with Bookings.com, pursuant to which Booking.com

    handles all the aspects of such service marketed through Ryanairs

    website and pays the fee to Ryanair. Contracts with other accommodation

    providers enable the Company to offer camping, hostels, B&Bs, villas,

    apartments and guesthouses to its customers.

    The contract with Hertz Corporation enables Ryanair to make additional

    money on car rental reservations. Hertz handles all marketed through the

    Ryanairs website car rental services and, in turn, pays the fees to Ryanair

    on per-passenger basis.

    The sale of cruises, rail and bus tickets is also a part of the Ryanairs e-

    business plan. Each cruise is handled by Costa Cruises which pays the

    Ryanair a fixed fee for enabling the reservation through its website. [12]

    How technology supports Ryanairsvalue chain.

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    Owing to a number of agreements concluded with other companies,

    Ryanair can offer a better value to its customers. The website contains all

    necessary links that could be beneficial to the customer. Having

    everything in one place and thanks to the Internet technology, Ryanairspassengers are given the best possible value for money. All services,

    essential for bringing passengers to or from the airport to the desired

    destination, are available from the homepage Ryanair.com. Thus, the

    whole journey experience is enriched and facilitated. Visiting the website,

    it is possible to order a taxi, book a flight, rent a car and drive it to the

    previously booked hotel. Such a wide array of facilities is available on the

    same website at reasonable prices.[4]

    The creation of the website was a core achievement for the company; it

    also improved the value chain of the company to a considerable extent.

    Using Internet facility, customers are able to research the flights, routes,

    destinations, timetables and prices, to name the most important ones.

    They no longer have to contact travel agencies and infolines when it

    comes to getting information. This is a great and vital achievement which

    not only saves time and money, but also appeals to the customers.

    Other technological improvements, which are to be discussed more

    exhaustively later, add more value to particular activities. Baggage

    handling and ticket obtaining activities become easier by speeding up the

    former and eliminating the latter. Eliminating physical tickets is

    considered as a particularly huge value chain improvement. Significantsavings come from the elimination of the middlemen, reducing the cost of

    providing each flight to approximately 9 euro. Taking into account the

    current average fare of 35 euro, this number constitutes over 25% of the

    overall flight cost.

    Pricing the flights had been a very demanding and difficult activity before

    the the technological advancements. Advanced applications which were

    developed and configured by the IT personnel, after consultation with the

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    marketing department, allowed Ryanair to price tickets dynamically. The

    general rule is that the sooner you book, the less you will have to pay

    because the system will adjust the price according to the demand. This

    technology enables Ryanair to maximize each flight profit, adding value tothe company. As a general rule, when target profit is reached and there

    are still free seats available, the system cuts the price for the remaining

    spots. This is possible thanks to the application of fixed and variable costs

    incurred by the company. It is usually better to sell the remaining seats

    for less than leaving them empty. Empty seats = lost revenue. From the

    customers point of view, the Internet booking system has added a

    significant value by offering the opportunity to book cheaper flights in

    advance. Since the majority of passengers know the dates of their journey

    months prior to the cruise, booking the flight earlier allows them to save,

    in some cases, large sums of money. Although almost all competitors use

    the Internet booking system and it cannot be regarded as a competitive

    advantage, the fact is that it creates an extra value when compared to the

    traditional processes.

    The service itself is another activity in Ryanairs value chain. Here, the

    speed of service, along with comfort of flights and security are the main

    areas.

    1. Speed of service is especially important from the companys point of

    view as it aims to increase revenue by maximizing the aircraft

    utilization. The faster all passengers board and leave the plane, thesooner it is able to be used again. Ryanair mastered the process to

    perfection with the turnaround time for the 2010 fiscal year of

    approximately 25 minutes.

    2. Comfort of flights was the area that suffers the most as a result of

    taking a low cost approach. No meals, no assigned seats and very

    limited leg space make the travel a terrible experience for

    passengers. The number of seats in the aircraft was increased in

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    order to accommodate higher volumes of passengers per flight.

    Ryanair took advantage of the research carried out by American and

    United Airlines which showed that more spacious seating does not

    pay off. The premium charge for this facility is exceeded by therevenue loss from removed seats. This, however, has an obvious

    effect on the passengers satisfaction.

    3. Providing a secure flight is of paramount importance both to the

    company and the passengers. The technology strongly aids the

    security maintenance by using applications for fuel control, ticket

    validation and is supported by the airport security services in terms

    of luggage monitoring, explosive materials and drugs detection.Making sure that the flight is secure is extremely important activity

    for the airline industry as any problem that leaks to the public may

    have negative effect on companys reputation and cause a huge

    revenue loss, coming from the customers losing trust in the airline.

    As regards security, Ryanair announced that recently they have

    intended to remove the second pilots and, as Michael OLeary

    proposed, replace them with a trained crew member who would beable to land the plane in case of emergency. Although this move

    could improve a value chain in terms of savings in pilots salaries, it

    is arguable that it would be beneficial to the passengers in any

    respect. The announcement may be as well another marketing

    tactic of Ryanairs CEO, in order to create a cheap publicity in

    media.

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    Internet sales allowed Ryanair to eliminate travel agent commissions by

    introducing a very effective direct sales model.

    In January 2000, Ryanair converted its host reservation system from the

    BABS (British Airways Booking System) to a new system called

    Flightspeed, which operates under the 10 years hosting agreement with

    Accenture Open Skies. The new booking facility, which allows customers

    to make a real time reservation, is called Skylight system. Through the

    Ryanairs Ryanair.com website, customers may book and pay for theflights. The heavy promotion of the new website resulted in the Internet

    booking growth to 96% of all reservations in 2004 and currently it

    accounts for more than 99% of all the bookings.

    By embracing Internet sales, Ryanair could completely eradicate travel

    agents commission around 2006. The costly telephone selling practice

    was also abandoned. As the prior reservation system had been

    approaching its capacity, in 2008 Ryanair upgraded it to a more scalable

    version that is more flexible and will be more useful in accommodating

    the planned growth of the Company. Under the agreement with system-

    provider - Navitaire, the system serves as the Ryanairs core seating

    inventory and booking system. Ryanair pays transaction fees that are

    generally based on the number of passenger seats and journeys, booked

    through the system.

    How technology supports Ryanairs low cost strategy.

    Since October 1, 2009, the Internet has become the only way to make a

    flight reservation with Ryanair. By shifting all the operations online, it was

    possible for the Company to eliminate major costs related mainly to callcenters and telephone sales. Customers must become familiar with

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    technology and rely on their own skills in order to purchase the ticket and,

    since October 2009, to make a mandatory check-in online. The new

    operational model is highly compliant with Ryanairs low cost strategy,

    making the airline even more competitive in the market, providing bettervalue for money.

    The introduction of the Internet check-in in 2006 was also the part of a

    measures package intended to improve a service. Reduction in airfares

    and check-in lines contributed to improvement of the service for

    customers through reducing travel costs and increasing its speed. It also

    brought huge benefits for the Company as it could decrease the cost of

    some check-in staff and make savings of renting the check-in desks.

    Ryanair also introduced a checked-bag fee which is payable on the

    Internet and is aimed at decreasing the number of bags carried by the

    passengers, in order to reduce handling costs.

    Switching to the online facilities entailed new risks. In order to provide the

    maximum safety for its business, Ryanair developed the system,

    according to which the website is hosted in three different locations. Thebooking engine is located at the single center that allows for making

    reservations, and it can be accessed from all three locations. Established

    contingency program includes the back-up booking engine available to

    support the existing platform in the event of a failure of the main facility.

    Ryanair uses a switchover process, which requires a human intervention

    and therefore is more time-consuming, unlike failover, which can switch

    over automatically to the back-up engine.

    Moreover, the possession of a back-up server relying on the switchover

    process may be very expensive, should a breakdown occur. Ryanair

    accommodates a number of customers on its website and even a short-

    term break in providing the service which requires a switch-over, may

    result in significant losses for the company.

    Taking into consideration the current trends towards switching to onlineoperations, Internet traffic congestions and increasing security risk,

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    related to the Internet connection, Ryanair should take proper measures

    to secure its online facilities and ensure that the downtime periods are

    reduced to the minimum.

    Internet marketing strategy

    In February 2009, Ryanair introduced Google Adsense to the search

    results pages in order to monetize the traffic levels generated by those

    pages. In March 2009, Ryanair expanded further into the area of third-

    party Internet advertising with the introduction of third-party

    advertisement display on the homepages in the UK and Ireland.[11]

    Ryanair and social media

    Social media is a huge threat to those businesses that ignore it, but also

    a massive opportunity... [14]

    Nick Oram, Director at Total Media

    According to Social Travel Report, published by Total Media, a quarter of

    British travellers admitted that online reviews by strangers help to

    determine their travel plans. It demonstrates how hugely important theInternet recommendations have become, influencing the decision making

    process. From that point of view, social media constitutes a threat rather

    than opportunity for Ryanair. The airline likes to regard itself as the

    Worlds most favorite airline, but in fact, this opinion is based on the

    number of passengers it serves, not on the level of their satisfaction.

    Analyzing customer relationship history of Ryanair, a number of incidents

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    and negative comments on the poor customer service should be

    mentioned.

    The website called I Hate Ryanair, set up by Robert Tyler in February

    2007 and closed after the court order, has reemerged recently under the

    same name on the .org domain. Ryanair Sucks and Ryanair Campaign

    are other examples of Internet blogging sites, targeted at Ryanair and its

    unacceptable customer service. The existence of such websites leads to a

    negative PR and can affect the customers choice. [16]

    Recently Ryanair announced its plans to embrace social approach to some

    extent. The Company is developing online travel community, purpose of

    which is to engage with travellers on the social grounds. The new system

    will allow the users to post comments recommending local attractions in

    Ryanairs destinations. However, the statement also indicated that

    Ryanair will not be setting up official comment channels via Facebook or

    Twitter.

    The opportunities coming from the aforementioned social sites are

    enormous, but considering Ryanairs reputation (the online reputationindex claimed Ryanair was the worst performing UK operator with a score

    of -62%), the treats could be even bigger. [2]

    This is a difficult decision for the Company to make. The future is in the

    hands of the Internet and the brands openly engaged with customers will

    gain a big advantage over those who hide behind the streams of

    corporate news. Not only does the Internet facilitate the dialogue with the

    customers, but also it allows for responding quickly to their needs and is

    considered to be an important means of promotion. As a company,

    Ryanair is not ready to open up and be more transparent. First, it has to

    patch the relationships with angry customers, who, in the era of Internet,

    are in power to affect the company negatively.

    A major part of the Internet marketing is Search Engine Optimization

    (SEO), which basically makes the website appear on the top of the resultsafter typing in particular keystroke in a search engine. Ryanair uses the

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    SEO techniques, but not to the extent that is sufficient to beat its

    competitors. Typing the most popular words and phrases related to cheap

    flying will not display the Ryanairs website on top of the search results.

    This area is to be exploited and improved as the most popular searchengines such as Google, Bing, Yahoo, are used more frequently to

    research the best offer.

    Porters competitive forces

    Michael Porter identified five competitive forces that affect the company.

    The Internet has changed the nature of competition, opening many door

    for companies and threatening the ones that are behind the embracing

    technology. [10]

    Ryanair is savvy about technology and understands the importance in

    creating the advantage over competitors. The use of technology also

    perfectly fits into the Ryanairs low cost business model.

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    1. Competing firms.

    Ryanair faces direct competition from other low cost airlines, such aseasyJet -the biggest one. This company sells directly to the customer and

    its website was set up in the late 1990s, before the Ryanair. The website

    is very functional and clear; it attracts a large number of potential

    passengers, being at the same time the communication point with the

    customers and the company. Ryanair must be very vigilant and monitor

    the moves of the competitors to keep pace with technology use, in order

    to maintain leading position on the market. Big commercial airlines are

    also aware of the trend towards cheap flying and begin to be more

    competetive at the price level.

    Ryanair also faces some indirect competition from railways, ferries and

    bus services. The open access to the Internet allowed those competitors

    to establish their own websites and use them the as the channels of

    distribution and marketing media. [6]

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    2. Bargaining power of the customers.

    Although current Ryanairs prices cannot be beaten by any European

    carrier, the Internet increased the bargaining power of the customers. It

    has changed the travel industry, enabling deep research and

    recommendation reviews. Using the price comparison websites,

    customers are able to quote the best price, without leaving their houses.

    If Ryanair manages to keep its prices low, or at least at the level, lower

    than the competitors, it should not be threatened by customers

    bargaining power. However, if the competitors manage to decrease their

    fares to a comparable level, even budget-conscious customers will

    eventually pay more attention to the service level and customer service

    quality. If that is the case, Ryanair may face big problems in terms of

    satisfying customers needs. The best option is to change the approach to

    customer service and use technology tools to create two- way

    communication to understand customers. The words of Ryanairs CEO

    Michael OLeary like: What part of no refund dont you understand? You

    are not getting any refund so fuck off directed at customers are

    communicated quickly over web. When you compare the offers and the

    price differs insignificantly, the customers review is what you look at.

    3. Threat of new entrances.

    As regards the airline industry, the main entrance barrier is the startup

    cost. Legal barriers and state protectionism, which were mentioned in theintroduction, are no longer applied. Technology managed to reduce the

    startup costs and therefore the threat of new airline, possibly supported

    by already established one or being the result of market extension,

    entering the market, has increased. With the growth of cloud computing

    services, new companies do not have to worry about the servers that

    support their website and a huge database centers to store the data.

    Thanks to cloud computing providers like Amazon.com, Microsoft,Salesforce.com and many others emerging every day, hosting the website

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    and database can be outsourced. There is no startup capital and,

    depending on the agreement with the provider, per user, per data

    downloaded or fixed fees may apply. Cloud computing suppliers will

    provide storage capacity, ERP software and other applications as well asthe maintenance work. Despite there being certain risks involved

    (security, data safety etc.), the cloud computing trends provide an

    opportunity to bring the startup costs down.

    Since the number of people with the ability to use technology to their

    advantage is on the increase, there is a threat that the newly established

    airlines may hire specialists, for instance, in social media marketing, in

    order to create successful, social-based campaign that would appeal tothe customers and convince them to use the new airline, luring the

    customers away from Ryanair. It is conceivable that soon enough airlines

    will start to take advantage of these new trends, which may be a surefire

    recipe for success.

    4. Threat of substitute products.

    Many enterprises face the the problem of substitute products which

    affects every sector of industry. Here technology really makes the

    difference. First of all, it is important to find out what the substitute

    products for travel are, and which the primary airline service is. The next

    step would be to categorize the customers into the two main groups:

    business and personal customers.

    a. Business customers

    The main reason for which business customers travel is meeting other

    people from different locations, participating in conferences, training

    courses etc. These can be replaced with technology. What is the point in

    spending money and time on travelling from Dublin to Madrid, if

    technology like Cisco Videoconference allows us to meet other people

    without leaving the companys office? All we need is a single investment

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    in a device for video-conferencing. And is it really necessary to travel to

    San Francisco to see the Web 2.0 conference if Youtube, blogs and tweets

    will provide a full report from what was happening there? Finally, is it

    worth time and money, travelling every weekend from Cork to Dublin toaccomplish a course that would increase our qualifications if we can do it

    at home, using the Internet distance learning system?

    b. Personal customers

    Technology developments like Skype, instant messages and smartphones

    made communication easier than ever. Some people, especially in the

    current, difficult economic situation, may decide to talk to their friends or

    relatives through the Internet, instead of flying over. Similarly, technology

    achievements, like Google Earth, Google Street View, Second Life, and

    fully multimedia websites allow us to go on a virtual trip anywhere we

    want. While it will definitely not replace the travel needs, it may matter

    when making final decisions about trips.

    To sum up, technology impacts on the airline industry by reducing the

    necessity for travelling, and by facilitating the communication thatsubstitutes it.

    5. The power of suppliers

    Ryanair is heavily dependent on its suppliers. Without fuel providers,

    aircraft manufacturers and airport facilities, it would not be able to

    provide the service to the customers.

    Business process modeling

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    E-business analysis is concerned with understanding the business and

    user requirements for the new system. A number of tools can be used to

    capture the business processes, one of which is UML (Unified Modeling

    Language), which provides the guidelines for drawing a variety of diagrams. It is of the utmost importance to involve users in the new

    system developement. The business analysts, with a strong business and

    technology background, should communicate with the customers in order

    to find out what their requirements are, in relation to the system to be

    implemented. To fully understand this business process, collaboration with

    other business departments must also be maintained. The IT department

    should not be solely responsible for designing the system as many

    processes can be misunderstood or even ommited during the design

    phase.[11]

    UML language, however, is not the best tool to communicate with

    business people as it usually requires some technical knowlege that is not

    in their possesion. Here, the importance of both business and IT acumen

    plays a crucial role. With the grasp of both areas of the company, they can

    be a connection point between pure IT specialists and business personnel. The cross-functional operations, including all departments is vital for

    remaining competitive and providing the best service to the customers.

    Information technology ensured a better collaboration with the customers

    as well as involving them in the process. The Ryanairs website model is a

    point of collaboration, whereby customers co-create the service.

    Moreover, the experience of flight itself is highly dependent on other

    customers participating in it. Other customers may both positively or

    negatively affect the ones travel; this is the part of process which is

    beyond the control of the company. Although flight attendance is in liberty

    to calm down excessively loud passengers, they certainly can exert no

    control over a crying baby or the weather conditions.

    Collaboration with other businesses is as important as collaboration within

    the company and the customers. As mentioned earlier, working close withother companies can provide mutual benefits to firms and customers.

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    Ryanair was able to take advantage of that fact successfully by enabling

    its customers to access other services directly from the website and has

    given them the opportunity to avail of the benefits in the form of better

    and cheaper service.

    Below I included my attempts to capture Ryanairs business processes,

    using the use case diagrams. Out of all available ones, I found the use

    cases that are the most understandable and clear to explain. The use

    case diagram is a drawing part of the use case model which includes a

    detailed documentation of the diagram, explains the process step by step

    and contains a description of each possible scenario. For the purpose of

    this project, I included only the diagrams as their documenting wouldrequire a profound research supported by interviews of Ryanairs

    management and staff. The ERD diagram for Ryanairs processes is also

    attached below.[10]

    Use case diagram

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    Entity Relationship Diagram

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