Long-Haul Low-Cost...Not as Disruptive as You may think?

Long-haul low-cost, one of the most talked about subjects in the aviation industry over the last five years. New carriers, advanced aircraft technology, emergent markets, low oil prices, Airbnb and increasing disposable incomes in some markets have sparked interest in the subject but is it really that significant a development? We’ve taken a look at the hard data to see what in fact is happening.

Taking a typical April day, we have looked back over the last ten years at the development of low-cost airline sectors by a range of sector lengths, and in truth most of the low-cost development is at the short-range end of the market. We’ve defined short-haul as anything less than 1,000 nautical miles, medium range as between 1,001 and 2,000 Nm and long-haul anything beyond that point.

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