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The Peculiarities of Low-Cost Carrier Development in Europe

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  • Jolanta Sabaitytė

    (Department of Business Technologies and Entrepreneurship, Business Management Faculty, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, 10223 Vilnius, Lithuania)

  • Vida Davidavičienė

    (Department of Business Technologies and Entrepreneurship, Business Management Faculty, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, 10223 Vilnius, Lithuania)

  • Gerard Frederick Van Kleef

    (Department of Traffic Analysis, Directorate of Railway Infrastructure, LG Infrastruktura LTD, 02100 Vilnius, Lithuania)

Abstract

Low-cost carriers (LCCs) have been growing by 11.4% in revenue passenger kilometers over 2017 and changed the airline industry radically. It drove down prices in the industry. Southwest Airlines (USA) designed the LCC blueprint model, and Ryanair copied it within Europe, followed by other airlines. This research aims to fulfill the gap in contemporary research upon LCC successfulness in Europe by a description of the current situation within Europe (2018 and January 2019) and the development issues it faced, which are mapped by the Ishikawa fishbone diagram. Furthermore, to rank the airlines on strength and vulnerability, The Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) methodology was used for meeting LCC characteristics and airline success. By comparison of meeting the LCC characteristics and the rank of the successfulness, the results of the TOPSIS analysis showed that the airlines meeting the most LCCs characteristics are seemingly less vulnerable to the development issues that airlines are facing, as Wizz Air and Ryanair are meeting most characteristics and are the most successful. Concluded is that airlines meeting the most LCC characteristics are the least vulnerable to current issues. However, major disruptions can still form an issue and limit growth. This research can be useful for comparing and positioning airlines in the market, based on issues and operational choices.

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  • Jolanta Sabaitytė & Vida Davidavičienė & Gerard Frederick Van Kleef, 2020. "The Peculiarities of Low-Cost Carrier Development in Europe," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-19, February.
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