Comparison of unit costs of low-cost & traditional airlines-2nd analysis, Issue 30 Aug/Sep 2003
Issue 30 Aug/Sep 2003
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Low-cost airlines are admired for their success. Following a template for
simplicity set out by Southwest, each low-cost carrier has created its own
strategy, and achieves low unit costs by extracting efficiency from each cost
element. How far can traditional airlines go to match this performance?