Reinterpreting the role of primary and secondary airports in low-cost carrier expansion in Europe

Autor: Edgar Jimenez, Pere Suau-Sanchez
Přispěvatelé: Cranfield University, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
Viatges aeris
transportista de baix cost
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
aeropuerto de bajo costo
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
tria de l'aeroport de la companyia aèria
Geography
Planning and Development
aeroport de baix cost
0211 other engineering and technologies
Transportation
Low cost airport
02 engineering and technology
Business model
Article
transportador de bajo costo
Great recession
Consolidation (business)
Low-cost carrier
0502 economics and business
Low cost carrier
Airline airport choice
Economic geography
dinàmica aeroportuària
Market share
Airport dynamics
General Environmental Science
Viajes aéreos
050210 logistics & transportation
05 social sciences
021107 urban & regional planning
dinámica del aeropuerto
airline airport choice
low cost airport
low cost carrier
elección del aeropuerto de la aerolínea
Financial crisis
airport dynamics
Business
Air travel
Zdroj: O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Journal of Transport Geography
ISSN: 0966-6923
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2020.102847
Popis: This paper discusses the long-term effects of low-cost carrier (LCC) presence at European airports and identifies the airports that have benefited the most from LCC consolidation since 2001. The research uses ‘LCC Market Share’, in terms of seats, to measure the relative importance of LCCs within each airport; and introduces ‘EU LCA Rank’ as a normalised metric of the capacity share of every airport in the European low-cost segment. It evaluates the trends between 2001 and 2019 in all airports in Europe using OAG supply information (seats by carrier). Results show two different phases of LCC rise in Europe, 2001 to 2008 and 2009 to 2019, marked by the effects of the financial crisis of the Great Recession. The analysis highlights the role that LCCs have played in boosting the growth of both primary and secondary airports. Indeed, despite the fact that LCCs have put many smaller airports on the European map, during the second phase of the period of analysis growth has been more significant for major airports and for a few airports that were keen to support the earliest development of LCCs. In that sense, this paper contributes to a better understanding of the historical and contemporary dynamics in European LCCs choice of airports and, in particular, the long-term effects that this disruptive business model have had for airports. This is increasingly important in the context of a potential recovery path from the effects of the response to the Covid-19 pandemic. This paper also attempts to settle academic discussions that attach LCC development to secondary/regional airports disregarding the wide range of strategies used by airlines and airports.
Highlights • The Global Financial Crisis was a tipping point for long-term evolution of LCCs in Europe. • LCCs have played a major role in boosting the growth of both primary and secondary airports. • After the Financial Crisis LCC growth focused on primary airports and few regional/secondary. • The use of secondary/regional airports is not a requirement for the development of LCC traffic.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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