Low-cost carriers (LCC)

An industry icon starts to look back on his airline’s changes over the decades.

Shifting market dynamics create challenges for the ultra-low-cost business model in the U.S.

Carriers are targeting upgraded products, ancillary revenues, aircraft downgauging and cabin flexibility.

The widebody LCC trend is still growing in the Asia-Pacific region, but has declined somewhat in Europe and the Americas.

LCCs are taking a small but growing share in the transatlantic market.

When Flybe became Europe’s first casualty of the year, passengers scheduled to travel with the airline could be forgiven for thinking they had déjà vu.

As in most areas of the globe, LCCs are expanding steadily in Saudi Arabia.