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Airline mergers with low cost carriers

Economics of Transportation, 2013
A hub carrier operates one hub linking multiple non-hub cities. It merges with a low cost carrier whose nonstop service competes with its one-stop service. The merged airline's profit is maximized by withdrawing the competing one-stop (nonstop) service when the hub carrier's operating cost and connecting passengers' hub-through additional time costs ...
Tomohiko Kawamori, Ming Hsin Lin
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A holistic approach to the low-cost carriers

Tourism Geographies, 2014
The Low-Cost Carrier Worldwide provides a holistic look at the operation of low-cost carriers (LCCs) in the worldwide air traffic market by bringing experts from different regions together in a volume edited by Sven Gross and Michael Lück. Eighteen authors, either academics or practitioners, with various fields of specialization analyzed the ...
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Low-cost carriers in Australia: experiences and impacts

Journal of Air Transport Management, 2003
As with other airline markets, the Australian market has experienced entry by low cost carriers. Most of these attempts have ended in failure; however one low cost carrier, Virgin Blue, continues to operate and prosper. The history of entry and exit by low cost carriers in Australia is outlined first. Two phases of entry are identified: the early 1990s,
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Airline Alliances with Low Cost Carriers

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011
A major carrier operates one hub linking multiple non-hub cities. It forms an alliance with a low cost carrier whose nonstop service competes with its one-stop service. The alliance’s joint profit is maximized by withdrawing the competing one-stop (nonstop) service when the major carrier’s operating cost and connecting passengers’ hub-through ...
Tomohiko Kawamori, Ming Hsin Lin
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A Business Transformation Model for Legacy Carriers as a Response to the Rise of Low-Cost Carriers

2021
The aviation travel industry offers today a commodity product that attracts all types of customers. However, many clients are price-sensitive and often look for the cheapest product offering. As legacy airlines’ core strengths do not align well with the new customer preferences, this research work investigates the background of the rise of the low-cost
Evangelos Markopoulos, Fabian Jan Friedrich Hesse   +1 more
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Entry and Exit by European Low-Cost and Traditional Carriers

Tourism Economics, 2008
The authors analyse the entry and exit activity in the UK–Europe airline markets and study the differential traits of three main airlines (British Airways, EasyJet and RyanAir) during1997–2004. They find that entry and exit are more likely in large markets and in markets with a high number of incumbents. Already operating in the city-pair enhances the
Gil-Molto M. J., Piga C.
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Design and implementation of a low-cost robotic load carrier

IECON 2014 - 40th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 2014
Many professional or daily activities demand load displacement by human arms or by human powered vehicles. Those activities may cause muscle-skeleton diseases even in load carrying professionals as in people carrying their daily objects. In the field of robotics, the research developments to help people at those activities are made through human-robot ...
Leonardo Adolpho R. Silva, Julio C. G. Justino, Braz de Jesus Cardoso Filho, Fabricio Pujatti   +3 more
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The low-cost carrier model in China: the adoption of a strategic innovation

Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 2009
The low-cost carrier (LCC) business model represents a strategic innovation that has had a significant impact on the dynamics of the commercial aviation industry in North America, Europe and increasingly Asia. This paper considers the adoption of the LCC model in China and discusses the effect of the particularities of the Chinese political, economic ...
Liting Liang, Andrew D. James
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Low-cost Carriers

2023
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Assessing Low-Cost Carrier eAirline System Success

2009
As many Low-Cost Carrier Airlines have increased their investment in B2C eAirline systems, it is crucial to measure the success of such investments. The DeLone and McLean’s model is one model which shown to be a useful framework for assessing success at the organisational level but has not been validated from the customer perspective.
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