Recent developments in 'low cost carrier' research: a review. (2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yadav, Manish; Dhingra, Tarun
• Is Part Of: International journal of business excellence. Volume 16:Number 4(2018)
• Page Start: 427
• Page End: 453
• Publication Date: 2018
• Subjects: low cost carrier -- LCC -- airline business model -- airline trend -- airline strategy -- airport relationship -- systematic literature review; Reengineering (Management) -- Periodicals; Benchmarking (Management) -- Periodicals; Performance -- Management -- Periodicals; 658.401305
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1756-0047

Abstract

Recent trends in the low cost carrier (LCC) literature is reviewed in this study from 2005-2015. On the basis of systematic review, 169 articles located in 20 top air transport journals are categorised into nine distinct topics/major themes: 1) airline strategy ; 2) airline business model ; 3) airline economics ; 4) airline performance ; 5) airline market structure ; 6) airline operations ; 7) airline sales and marketing ; 8) airline service quality ; 9) airline and airport relationship . All themes are reviewed and their intra linkages are presented in the study. Concluding thoughts concerns requirement to carry out process and variance-based studies and compare various LCC models across the word from the point of view of location, policy, regulations and competition through process and variance-based research.