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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"legacy carriers"”.
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Going abroad : US legacy carriers' shift to international operations
… years, there has been an observed trend of US legacy carriers putting more emphasis on international traffic than domestic, i.e. expanding international capacity while decreasing their domestic capacity. It is generally understood that the reason for doing so is due to the lower level of …
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Analysis of Effects of Financial Factors on Profitability of Low-Cost and Legacy Carriers
… been over 180 bankruptcy filings by airlines. Legacy and Low-Cost carriers are unique in how they operate and how they generate revenue; both business models have advantages and disadvantages. However, the Low-Cost carriers have shown increases in revenue and have been growing at increasing …
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Price competition in the top US domestic markets : revenues and yield premium
… downturn, the fierce competition between Legacy carriers, the rapid expansion of Low Cost carriers, the soaring fuel prices and the 9/11 attacks are some of the reasons that put many US airlines into a financial crisis. Many of the traditional major US airlines were forced into bankruptcy …
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Revenue management based on dynamic programming in unrestricted and simplified fare structure
… airlines have been created around the world. Legacy carriers used to apply revenue management (RM) to fully-restricted fare structures with segmented demand. These low-fare competitors with simplified or unrestricted fare structures often manage to capture an important part of the demand in …
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U.S. airline industry operating cost measures from 2000-2016
… a recent operating cost divergence between the legacy carriers and their lower cost counterparts. Since 2014, legacy carriers' unit costs, excluding transport-related and fuel expenses, have risen 6% while low cost carriers and ultra-low cost carriers have seen decreases of 1.6% and 10%, …
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Expansion of point-to-point routes by low-cost carriers in hub networks : traffic and revenue impacts
Legacy carriers developed hub networks to achieve a high concentration of operations, increase frequency, and serve multiple Origin-Destination markets with maximum efficiency. By contrast, the rapid emergence of low-cost carriers (LCCs) is mainly based on a low-fare entry strategy in …
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Convergence in the US airline industry : a unit cost and productivity analysis
… for the US airline industry and has caused many carriers to make significant changes in their operational strategies. The traditional US network or "Legacy" carriers have had to deal with many new challenges including the devastating effects of 9/11, increased competition from low-cost airlines …
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Airline revenue management based on dynamic programming incorporating passenger sell-up behavior
Low-fare carriers with simplified and unrestricted fare structures have rapidly grown and captured an important share of demand in the markets they enter, forcing legacy carriers to inevitably simplify their fare structures to avoid distraction of their competitiveness. Consequently, traditional …
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The evolution of U.S. airlines' productivity and cost performance from 2004-2012
… fuel prices and the economic recession. Network legacy carriers implemented drastic measures to reduce cost and increase productivity. Some filed bankruptcy protection to restructure, and others pursued mergers for consolidation and cost savings through operational synergies. Low cost carriers …
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The impact of infrastructure-related taxes and fees on airline fares in the US and the European Union
… also show that passengers traveling on low cost carriers are expected to face a higher ETR than those traveling on traditional network airliners or the "legacy carriers". Other analyses are performed to demonstrate that there was a statistically significant decrease in the number of segments per …
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Productivity performance of US passenger airlines since deregulation
… has almost tripled. Looking at individual US carriers' productivity, low-cost carriers achieved rapid TFP growth in the early 2000s before leveling off in the latter portion of the decade. The restructuring efforts of legacy carriers enabled them to improve their productivity growth in the …
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Impact of Middle East emerging carriers on US and EU legacy airlines
… connections at their hubs, Middle East carriers are able to compete in a wide range of origin destination markets around the globe. Three of these carriers stand out with their recent expansion to European, US and Asian destinations: Emirates, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways, also known …
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A longitudinal analysis of passenger travel disruptions in the National Air Transportation System
… propensity for disruptions across airports and carriers, based on key factors such as scheduling practices, network structures, and passenger connections. In this thesis, we conduct a longitudinal analysis of passenger travel disruptions in the U.S. over the 2006 - 2010 calendar years and …
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U.S. airline business models 2006-2015 : trends and key impacts
… cost convergence between traditional Low Cost Carriers (LCCs) and Network Legacy Carriers (NLCs), multiple rounds of consolidation, and most recently a period of "Capacity Discipline" where high fuel prices and a reduced number of competitors led to slower-than-average capacity growth. The …
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Evolution of low-cost airlines in different global regions
Low-cost air carriers have been growing aggressively in many regions around the world and today offer a significant proportion of the available flight and seat capacity in the markets where they operate. This thesis studies the airline capacity evolution of low-cost carriers (LCCs) between 2009 and …
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Empirical Essays in Industrial Organization: Application in Airline and Automobile Industries
… explores the impact of the presence of Low Cost Carriers (LCCs) on consumer welfare in this newly restructured market environment. Previous studies on LCC competition have not addressed the welfare issue and have only been limited to impact of LCC entry on average airfare. Departing from previous …
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Evolution of domestic traffic and fares at the top 200 US airports between 1990 and 2008
… airports, and to measure the impact of Low Cost carriers (LCC) on traffic, fares and competition. Furthermore, case studies of five multi-airport systems located within major US metropolitan areas were performed to identify the trends shaping multi-airport systems. We find that domestic O-D …