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\"southwest\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In this series of posts we’re looking at the all the different types of passenger airlines that operate in the world, and narrowing that list down\u00a0to the most basic\u00a0types. After doing some research and analysis, we have determined that there are six fundamental airline types. In this post we look at the definition of the\u00a0Low Cost Carrier (LCC)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Introduction: Defining the Six Fundamental Types of Airlines<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n

Type 1. The Legacy Carrier<\/a>
\nType 2. The Regional Carrier<\/a><\/strong><\/em>
\n Type 3. The Low Cost Carrier (LLC)<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\n Type 4. The New Era Carrier (NEC)<\/strong><\/em>
\n Type 5. The World Carrier<\/strong><\/em>
\n Type 6. The All Business Class Airline (ABC)<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n

Additional Notes on the six fundamental airline types.<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n

 <\/p>\n

Low cost airline, budget airline, discount airline, low-frills, no-frills\u00a0airlines, ultra low cost carrier… Any name you want to put on it, a price competitive airline is a Low Cost Carrier, or LCC.<\/em> The unambiguous poster child for the low cost carrier is Southwest Airlines. Everyone knows this behemoth in the airline industry and many people find it as it’s preferred choice for passenger air service. But even considering it’s popularity and history (Southwest Airlines\u00a0started in 1967) the low cost carrier has been around since the second half of the 20nth century.<\/p>\n

\"PSA\"<\/a>PSA, the original low cost carrier<\/p>\n

This first\u00a0low cost carrier\u00a0of any success was Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) out of San Diego in 1949. It was the first discount airline of size and\u00a0it eventually merged into US Airways in 1988. Herb Kelleher one of founders of Southwest Airlines was a big fan of PSA and modeled much of the early Southwest Airlines after\u00a0PSA’s business model.<\/p>\n

Southwest was a trailblazer of\u00a0business practices for\u00a0many of todays low cost carriers. Many of these\u00a0practices were\u00a0originally copied from PSA and then\u00a0popularized by Southwest.\u00a0Southwest Airlines perfected\u00a0streamlining operational costs with practices such as\u00a0 operating a single fleet, and fast turns on tightly scheduled flights.<\/p>\n

\"spirit\"<\/a>Spirit, the bad boy of US based LCCs<\/p>\n

\"Frontier\"<\/a>Frontier is a low cost carrier based out of Denver<\/p>\n

\"allegiant\"<\/a>Despite its small size LCC Allegiant\u00a0has an extensive network.<\/p>\n

The Low Cost Carrier (LCC)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Low cost carriers\u00a0are different from their legacy competitors in that they offer a less upscale and serviced product in return for lower cost fares. The product has really evolved over the last few decades, and again is more complicated than this simple definition. Our definition includes \u201cUltra-low Cost Carriers\u201d as to not split hairs. Todays low cost carries include the following attributes:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Most of todays low cost carriers came after\u00a0the 1979 airline deregulation, and many have come about in the last 10 to 20 years. Southwest being the notable exception.<\/li>\n
  2. Fares, while not always the lowest, are typically marketed to the price sensitive customer.<\/li>\n
  3. A high portion of an LCC customer base is the leisure traveler, and they frequently market to that segment.<\/li>\n
  4. Low cost carriers almost always have 1 class of service, coach. Seating attributes can be differentiated, sometimes, but onboard service is almost always uniform and the same for all passengers.<\/li>\n
  5. Route structure is much more point to point in service with the addition of focus cities scattered throughout a served market.<\/li>\n
  6. Routes are mostly short with some medium haul and little long haul business taking place. There are usually no transcontinental or transoceanic routes (again with some notable exceptions in Europe).<\/li>\n
  7. Shorter routes lead to high aircraft utilization rates with short turns and multiple runs during an operational day.<\/li>\n
  8. Fleets are principally\u00a0homogeneous with typically 1 or 2 types of planes.<\/li>\n
  9. Passenger services are more limited and they are usually charged and provided as an individual basis.<\/li>\n
  10. Most LCCs don\u2019t belong to one of the 3 major alliances, and also have very few (if any) route partners. They prefer to go it alone.<\/li>\n
  11. Frequent flyers programs tend to be more simple and less generous, reflecting the fewer ancillary services the airline offers.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Today Southwest Airlines\u00a0is the largest low cost carrier in the world. From the United States I would also put Spirit, Frontier, and Allegiant\u00a0 in the LCC column, and\u00a0low cost carriers can be found around the globe. WestJet in Canada, Volaris in Mexico, EasyJet in the U.K., Ryanair in Ireland, and AirAsia out of Malaysia are all notable examples.<\/h4>\n

     <\/p>\n

    \"ryanair\"<\/a>I<\/span>reland’s BIG LCC<\/p>\n

    \"\"<\/a>EasyJet out of the UK<\/p>\n

    \"norwegian\"<\/a>Norwegian Air Carrier is doing some interesting things in the LCC space<\/p>\n

    In our next post we’ll look at the New Era Carrier (NEC).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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