 Towards a means of consistently comparing airline business models with an application to the [`]low cost' airline sectorKeith J. Mason and William Morrison () Research in Transportation Economics, 2008, vol. 24, issue 1, 75-84 Abstract: Meaningful definitions of and distinctions between airline business models are not easily formulated, particularly when one considers the extremely dynamic nature of the industry. The paper outlines a product and organizational architecture (POA) approach to classifying and relating key elements of airline business models. Using indices to create benchmark metrics, the POA model is then used to examine and compare six European airlines. The analysis shows that there are important differences in the business models of airlines that are all commonly referred to as [`]low cost carriers'. The paper demonstrates how differences in the business models adopted by the different airlines contribute to their relative profitability. Keywords: Low; cost; carrier; Product; and; organizational; architecture; Airline; business; models (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:retrec:v:24:y:2008:i:1:p:75-84 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Research in Transportation Economics is currently edited by M. Dresner More articles in Research in Transportation Economics from Elsevier |
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