Fly Emirates
Fly Emirates
Fly Emirates
Fly emirates is an airline born in Dubai 36 years ago. Today the company
operates in a network of more than 132 destinations in 78 countries in different
parts of the world. It is characteristic for offering a service to people with a high
income
The airline is mainly for being one of the most exclusive that operates with the
United Arab Emirates as well as for being the main sponsor of major sporting
events and soccer clubs such as Real Madrid or AC Milan. A relatively young
airline, born out of the development of the eastern Arab countries, whose growth
in recent years has been phenomenal and has reached a turning point with the
recent organisation of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
The benefits of the company of the airline on the last year has been approximately
of 66 millions of dollars, that represents a big increase (around the 80%) with
regard to the last year. In 2021, the company won the international award of the
best airline of the world, this award was given by the Business Traveller Middle
East Awards.
2. ANALYSIS
1. SEO OPTIMIZATION
Online search engines, and more specifically the Google search engine, are a
crucial tool or means by which the "typical" customer or consumer, who makes a
purchase to fly by plane to any destination, uses. That is why it is crucial that all
the different airlines, and more specifically in our case, Fly Emirates, develop their
SEO in the best possible way, in order to appear in the first results and above the
main competitors, to bring more traffic to their website.
One of the first factors or "tips" to analyse when taking a look at the company's
SEO is the loading time, as if the website is excessively slow (from its mobile or
computer version) it can cause the user, due to a negative experience, to
abandon the page. Once a previous subjective analysis has been made by
analysing the page itself, we have proceeded to analyse it through a free web
tool such as PageSpeed Insight (developed and optimised by Google), where we
have observed that:
1. The speed and loading time of the FlyEmirates website are quite good
(both for the mobile version and for the computer version). Moreover, the results
are quite positive in relation to those of the direct competition.
2. In this case, on the tool's own recommendation to improve SEO, you could
edit the HTML code of the web page in order to make Google crawlers
understand the content of your application better.
Another common problem or error that arises when evaluating or developing SEO
is that of broken links or hyperlinks. These are links that, over time, stop pointing
to your website or server and cause the phenomenon known as "Error 404".
According to Broken Link Check, the tool used to determine the number of dead
links or hyperlinks on Fly emirates is 0, which means that the page is continuously
updated and will not generate this type of problem for users who visit it (as well
as positioning it at the top). As for the evaluation of another of the important
factors that Google's algorithm takes into account when positioning our web
page, such as the meta descriptions, Fly Emirates has them well completed in all
aspects, with information written in the appropriate parameters and characters.
Another key factor when it comes to SEO is the optimization of the website for
mobile phone search engine optimization. According to a study 70% of flight
purchases are made through mobile devices and not through computers, so it is
key to have a good web version for Smartphone devices.
At first glance, you can see a fairly well organized website in its mobile version,
with categories and keywords well marked. To analyze its optimization from a
more objective point of view, we have used Google's web analysis tool mentioned
above, where it indicates that the site has a correct usability for mobile devices.
Finally, the variety of content presented on the website is quite wide, with a great
variety of articles, photos, videos, and interactive sections. The distribution of
headings is well divided and managed in a simplified way that allows the user to
be able not only to manage and book their flights, but also to complement their
experience with possible information and data about the destinations to which
they are going to travel or customer loyalty programs which we will look into later.
The URLs are correct and are set within the optimal parameters recommended
by experts. The keyword research developed by the company is well
implemented, taking advantage of the boom in Dubai and what is considered to
be Qatar, highlighting the cities of the Qatari complex as well as the words Flights,
Arab Emirates, Offers and reservations.
Another of the strong points when taking into account the analysis of my
company's seo is its usability. The usability of a website will determine, in many
cases, the user's experience on it and the web positioning as well as the
effectiveness and efficiency of the site itself. The usability of the website is quite
good, it is simply deficient in some areas, such as the length of the labels or the
loading time in the mobile version.
With regard to web performance, after an analysis carried out with gtmetrix, we
have detected that the most deficient sections with regard to the web are the
speed at which the contents appear to the user and how much is blocked by
scripts during our page loading process. To contrast the information obtained
about the user experience on both mobile devices and computers, we have
carried out a usability analysis again on the HubSpot portal. In contrast to what
we have seen, it indicates that usability is not as good on both computers and
mobile devices. Mainly for two reasons:
For the Airlines, and more specifically, Fly Emirates, not everything is going to be
SEO when it comes to attracting traffic to the website. Therefore, this and other
airlines will focus their economic efforts on complementing their SEO through
paid media or SEM.
To analyze the SEM of Fly Emirates (something complex due to the lack of data
about the company and its expenses), we are going to try to analyze the
KeyWords on which the company bids and its monthly PPC budget in relation to
that of its direct competitors (which, as mentioned above, are Etihad and Qatar
Airways).
The main Pay KeyWord for FlyEmirates in the last period were as follows:
1. Emirates
2. Emirates
3. Fly Emirates
4. Emirates Airlines
5. Emirates Airline
All these data are extracted from the prestigious American search and digital
trend analysis portal SpyFu.
But, when talking about Paid media, we cannot forget about Banners. This type
of advertisement is usually displayed on web pages and is where digital
marketers put everything they have learnt through research and creativity into
their Display Ads and Remarketing campaigns. According to the data visualized
in another portal specialized in digital marketing such as Oracle Advertising, Fly
Emirates is not a company that uses a very high budget for investment in display
ads and programmatic banners, which is why it bases its digital marketing
strategy on other forms that will be explained below.
3. ANALYSIS OF CONTENTS
The content developed by Fly Emirates to attract users and, therefore, new
customers, is increasingly developed and implemented in all its business areas,
we have detected and analyzed its strongest points through the content matrix.
5. Educate the customer: Fly Emirates focuses the creation of brand value
on educating its customers through the creation of content on its own
website, specifically in its "experiences" section. It focuses primarily on
recreating customer experiences, with the slogan "Your journey starts
here". In this respect Fly Emirates is a little behind its competitors with little
in the way of infographics, articles or Trend Reports. Guides on the
operation and requirements of travel for children, pregnant women, babies
or other special cases do abound and this gives more value to educating
the customer in their experience through the website.
6. Convincing the customer: This is the section where Fly Emirates falls short
the most. The absence of data and numbers is abundant, and this is
possibly due to the high price of the company, which may cause the
customer to back out of a possible reservation or purchase. Although it is
true that various events organized by the company as well as innovations
in the services provided on flights (specialized catering, the possibility of
incorporating video consoles in the integrated screens, etc.) are displayed
in sections.
Another very important part of content creation is the usability and creation of
content through the brand's own application. In the case of Emirates, Emirates
has its own app for both Android and Apple devices. Through the web application
analytics tool SimilarWeb we have been able to verify that the app works in a very
efficient way given that the average rating obtained by the user through the 2
main shops (App Store and Play Store) is 4.7.
Nowadays, Social media has become one of the most powerful ways to all
types of company to generate leads and traffic. In a world in which we are
becoming increasingly globalized, it is essential for airlines to have the
necessary presence in all social networks, from the most traditional to the most
innovative, in order to go viral as soon as possible.
With regard to Fly Emirates on social media, we can see that this company is
present on networks such as Instagram, Linkedin, Facebook, Tik Tok and
Youtube.
All of this is shared on Facebook and ads 10 million followers along with another
element: instant messaging where the brand provides personalized customer
service. Another remarkable banner where you click and it takes you to book on
the website of the page facilitating the search for the customer to call to action
and thus increasing the conversion of customer leads. It stands out for using
remarketing where different formats are used to promote the brand, highlighting
eye-catching photos and videos that make the customer feel like they are part of
the brand.
On the other hand, on LinkedIn, Emirates is one of the first airlines to develop on
this social network. It has close to 3 million followers. This profile stands out for
being active every month, where its key factor is sponsorship, and they offer
numerous Jobs. In addition, they use hashtags related to the community, with
#emirates being the name of the brand. They also frequently use the platform´s
objective advertisements for job searches. They are active in the main activity of
the application.
In Tik Tok the company has around 550.000 followers and stand out for promoting
through hashtag challenges, with a playlist where footballers carry out these
challenges with their football collaborations. In addition to videos where creativity
is the highlight demonstrating why travel better with the brand going inside the
experience, as well as in the viewer and encouraging the viewer to book with the
company. This network allows to connect with others, there is a link that directs
the customer to YouTube.
In conclusion, fly emirates is an airline that is very present in the most powerful
social networks that exist, presenting in all of them a discreet but attractive
content strategy, which on some occasions can even be interactive and
entertaining, as we have seen in the case of the hashtag challenge in tik tok.
Despite this, and according to a report by HubSpot solution partners, Fly Emirates
is not one of the most active companies on social networks, and is still a long way
behind others such as Ryanair, Iberia or American Airlines.
5. E-MAIL MARKETING
In order to get a more accurate analysis of the way FlyEmirates develops its
email marketing strategy, we subscribed to their newsletter program a couple of
months ago, so they have been sending us over time a series of emails that
allow us to get a more accurate analysis of them.
In the first place, it is given to understand by the form in which they are sent,
that the type or form of sending to their database is that of Automatic Sending
towards users that already would be considered for the company as Leads
(since they have left their contact data, in this case, the e-mail, in some place or
form of the web page).
The first e-mail they send you is the classic registration confirmation e-mail
where they welcome users and invite you (directly to your name) to participate
and take advantage of the benefits of being a registered fly emirates user. The
main slogan stands out in an animated and eye-catching image where the user
is prompted with the phrase "Say hello to new adventures".
However, not all e-mails automated by Fly Emirates are linked to CTAs with a
direct and persuasive communication style to get the customer to book a flight.
Another type of e-mail that Fly Emirates sends to its database is the offer of
travel through cross-selling or complementary services free of charge.
In this case, and possibly due to the high demand for flights to Dubai for the
FIFA World Cup, they send us an e-mail containing a cross-selling CTA, where
we are offered a guided bus tour of the city by the multinational company from
Seville, CitySightseing, on the condition that the flight is booked from Madrid
and until a specific date (in this case, until 29.12.2022).
In both types of e-mail, despite being automated, the subject of the e-mail is
very important, since depending on it, the user may or may not click on it.
E-mail marketing becomes, therefore, a fundamental tool not only for airlines,
but also for the tourism industry in general, taking into account the need to
communicate with the user at a time when the possibility of travelling is more
complex, not only due to the problems caused by the pandemic, but also due to
the economic crisis. As the blog specialised in Email Marketing, Doppler, says
"When your community needs to hear from you, you need to be there for them".
Analyzing both the web platform and the different profiles on social networks,
there are no examples that really clarify the generation of Fly Emirates leads, with
the exception of the section that gives you the option to subscribe for free to its
Newsletter and receive both information and special offers is free of charge.
It has been observed that some travel raffles or travel discounts are carried out
through social networks, which would also correspond to a new technique or way
of generating Leads, since to participate in this type of raffle some information is
required, such as the Email, telephone or even the name and surname, in such
a way that the user who participates enters directly into the FlyEmirates database,
but being a Marketing Qualified Lead, since he is not yet fully prepared or
convinced to enter in the purchase process.
The digital purchase process tends to be thought to end once the customer
purchases the product through their web browser, but we are very wrong, since
the digital marketing strategy of companies such as Fly Emirates ends when the
customer is loyal. by the brand and can become a promoter of it.
But, Fly Emirates has managed to go one step further than the rest of the airlines,
making it possible to develop not just one, but two loyalty programs aimed at two
types of customers. These programs are Emirates Skywards and Business
Rewards.
This year they developed a new function of this loyalty program, a level base
(Blue, Silver, Gold and Platinum) that guides the client to feel even more
exclusive and as an important part once they start flying more with the company.
To check the public status of fly emirates, we conducted research on the two
leading airline review forums on the internet, trip advisor and trust pilot.
The contrast is high between the two sites, with trust pilot having an overall
rating of 1.8 out of 5. The customers who give their opinion on this forum
complain mainly about two aspects, the strictness of the schedules (and the
lack of flexibility linked to this) and the poor service of the baggage carriers.
This average can be a problem for the company, as some users may regret
buying a ticket once they have seen the reviews.
Fly Emirates currently distributes its flights in Spain through platforms such as El
Corte Ingles, Halcon Viajes and the innovative low-cost travel analytics platform
EDreams. Fly Emirates, therefore, has a high presence in practically all existing
online distribution channels in Spain, making it very easy for the customer to
access their flights regardless of which channel we are talking about (their own
or someone else's).
3. RECOMMENDATIONS
Having carried out the detailed analysis set out in the previous points, we
believe that the recommendations regarding the digital marketing strategy that
fly emirates should follow are as follows:
On the other hand, we believe that the boom of influencers today is a fact, and in
this sense (depending on the agreements that the company has established), we
believe that emirates is wasting the opportunity that influencer marketing could
offer .
A risky but effective strategy would be to take advantage of the boom in the
Middle East of the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo by Al Nassr. Taking advantage of
the mobility that Ronaldo has not only for the world of football but also for sport
and daily life could mean a clear increase in visits and income for the company,
and the financial capacity of Emirates would allow it to be carried out without any
problem. The presence of the futbol player on the social media and the different
sites of the company It would cause a great impact on both private and business
clients who travel daily around the Middle East.
-In terms of content, while it is true that the company presents different exotic
places in the Middle East where you can travel (e.g. discover Dubai and its
incredible skyscrapers) and enjoy a pleasant stay, the link between these places
and the things they have to offer in relation to what the Fly emirates brand offers
in this case is not clearly stated.
The digital content offered by the brand should better establish the relationship
between the main insights of the brand and the destinations it flies to, in terms of
culture, exclusivity, technology and services.
In this way, the customer is given a more original and attractive variety, and one
that is not directly related to fly emirates' core product of flying.
In relation to social networks and, after visualizing the study carried out by
hubspot, we believe that a good and correct strategy would be to increase the
company's activity through the social network that moves the most mass in the
airline sector; in this case, Facebook. For two simple reasons:
The increase in content on Facebook would be aligned with the quality of the
content, aimed at achieving a greater number of comments and likes and
empathizing with the customer with our product and the benefits it provides,
focusing on exclusivity and the constant updating of the new technologies that fly
emirates offers.
Finally, to polish the user experience, the website developer and IT staff should
reduce the number of large files on the page, to reduce the number of HTTP
requests as well as to reduce the number of redirects on the page.
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