Low-Cost Airline Carriers in Emerging Countries traces the development of low-cost carriers (LCCs) in Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa, examining airlines that have become significant players in their home markets but little known at a global scale. The book maps the geography of the LCC phenomenon, explaining the starkly varying success of budget airlines, and assessing their current social, economic and environmental impacts. The book concludes with insights into the future potential of the LCC phenomenon along with its global ramifications.
Beginning with Southwest Airlines in the 1970s, low-cost carriers (LCCs) have democratized air travel around the world, fostering huge increases in airline traffic and transforming the airline industry. At the same time however, the ascent of these budget airlines has exacerbated aviation-related problems such as aircraft noise, airport congestion, greenhouse gas emissions and more. LCCs have been extensively studied in the US and Europe but not in emerging regions of the globe. Yet the impact of such airlines is greatest in low- and middle-income economies where only a small fraction of the population has ever flown, and where competition from alternative modes (road, rail) is weak.
1. Chapter 1: Introduction: “Now Everyone Can Fly” - p. vii 2. Chapter 2: Takeoff Paths: The Ascent of the LCC Phenomenon - p. 20 3. Chapter 3: Follow the Leaders: Pioneers in the Development of Budget Airlines - p. 52 4. Chapter 4: The Diffusion of LCCs in the Americas - p. 71 5. Chapter 5: Banking West: Budget Airlines in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union - p. 94 6. Chapter 6: Mobile Money, Mobile People, Mobile Economies? LCCs in Sub-Saharan Africa - p. 117 7. Chapter 7: Shorter Superconnectors: LCCs in the Middle East and North Africa - p. 140 8. Chapter 8: Lions and Tigers: LCCs in Southeast Asia - p. 160 9. Chapter 9: Giants Flying in Different Directions: Budget Airlines in India and China - p. 195 10. Chapter 10: Now We Can All Fly? Aeromobility, Sustainability, Vulnerability - p. 230 11. Index - p. 259
Low-Cost Airline Carriers in Emerging Countries traces the development of low-cost carriers (LCCs) in Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa, examining airlines that have become significant players in their home markets but little known at a global scale. The book maps the geography of the LCC phenomenon, explaining the starkly varying success of budget airlines, and assessing their current social, economic and environmental impacts. The book concludes with insights into the future potential of the LCC phenomenon along with its global ramifications.
Beginning with Southwest Airlines in the 1970s, low-cost carriers (LCCs) have democratized air travel around the world, fostering huge increases in airline traffic and transforming the airline industry. At the same time however, the ascent of these budget airlines has exacerbated aviation-related problems such as aircraft noise, airport congestion, greenhouse gas emissions and more. LCCs have been extensively studied in the US and Europe but not in emerging regions of the globe. Yet the impact of such airlines is greatest in low- and middle-income economies where only a small fraction of the population has ever flown, and where competition from alternative modes (road, rail) is weak.
1. Chapter 1: Introduction: “Now Everyone Can Fly” - p. vii 2. Chapter 2: Takeoff Paths: The Ascent of the LCC Phenomenon - p. 20 3. Chapter 3: Follow the Leaders: Pioneers in the Development of Budget Airlines - p. 52 4. Chapter 4: The Diffusion of LCCs in the Americas - p. 71 5. Chapter 5: Banking West: Budget Airlines in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union - p. 94 6. Chapter 6: Mobile Money, Mobile People, Mobile Economies? LCCs in Sub-Saharan Africa - p. 117 7. Chapter 7: Shorter Superconnectors: LCCs in the Middle East and North Africa - p. 140 8. Chapter 8: Lions and Tigers: LCCs in Southeast Asia - p. 160 9. Chapter 9: Giants Flying in Different Directions: Budget Airlines in India and China - p. 195 10. Chapter 10: Now We Can All Fly? Aeromobility, Sustainability, Vulnerability - p. 230 11. Index - p. 259
