{"id":88197,"date":"2019-09-03T10:33:19","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T08:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=88197"},"modified":"2023-10-10T12:44:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T10:44:12","slug":"growth-in-low-cost-carriers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/growth-in-low-cost-carriers","title":{"rendered":"Is the world of low-cost carriers limitless?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>The pier is brand new, painted in bright colours and interspersed with patios that bring a touch of greenery and coolness to a city, Toulouse in this case, where summers are often very hot. \"<em>It was an unavoidable investment, a necessary one in fact, because <strong>our low-cost traffic is booming<\/strong><\/em>explains Philippe Crebassa, Chairman of Toulouse Airport's Management Board. <em>The new Concourse A pier has been designed to accommodate the aircraft of low-cost carriers as well as regional aircraft and, above all, to offer passengers a high level of comfort.<\/em>\"<\/p>\n<p>With this \u20ac10 million investment, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/aeroport-toulouse-20190523.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toulouse airport<\/a> is clearly betting on low cost. Like many of its European counterparts, because it's worth the risk. In Toulouse, for example, <strong>more than 42 % passengers<\/strong> travelled on this type of route in 2018. \"<em>Low-cost transport accounted for only 29 % of all passengers in 2013. The increase is absolutely remarkable<\/em>\"says an enthusiastic Catherine Gay, the airport's Director of Development. Throughout Europe, low-cost traffic is courted, if not celebrated, having acquired its credentials in just a few decades. Just think back to thirty years ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/laudamotion-rachat-ryanair-ambitions-20190207.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryanair<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/nantes-toulouse-montpellier-easyjet-20190225.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">easyJet<\/a> were entering the European scene, generating scepticism and even contempt from their peers, the traditional companies.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Across Europe, low-cost traffic is being courted, having established its credentials in just a few decades.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The low-cost carrier model is simple: reduce operating costs as much as possible by using aircraft intensively - more than ten hours a day - for <strong>point-to-point links<\/strong> no more than three hours' flying time. An important element of this strategy has been the choice of airports. With a view to minimising their costs, low-cost carriers have often chosen so-called secondary airports. And this is probably where these companies have won their bet. Because they have become <strong>spearheads<\/strong> many hubs threatened with abandonment by the major traditional airlines, whose offer was refocused on one or even two hubs in the 1990s and 2000s. For example, what would Basel-Mulhouse or Geneva have become without easyJet following the departure of Swiss, or Barcelona without easyJet? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/vueling-embarque-en-classe-affaires-entre-patience-et-ambition-20150422.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vueling<\/a> after the withdrawal of Iberia, and Cologne-Bonn without <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/eurowings-lufthansa-reduire-voilure-20190626.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eurowings<\/a> ?<\/p>\n<h2>Half a billion seats<\/h2>\n<p>Last year, according to statistics from the consultancy OAG - which analyses airline schedules and movements - low-cost carriers offered more than half a billion seats on the European market. This is a first, since ten years ago the capacity of these players was half that, at 224,300 seats. The annual growth in low-cost capacity over a decade has reached <strong>9.4 % per year<\/strong>However, 2018 saw a slowdown, with growth of just 7.4 %.<\/p>\n<p>OAG estimates that 36 % of air capacity in Europe was accounted for by low-cost airlines and that<strong> the 50 % mark<\/strong> should be reached by 2027. Certain hubs such as London Stansted and Luton in the UK, Malm\u00f6 in Sweden - but also close to Copenhagen - and Cologne\/Bonn have become specialist low-cost airports over the years.<\/p>\n<p>Although France took a later look at this phenomenon, unlike Spain or the UK, for example, it has been moving at the same pace as the rest of the European Union for the past decade. In its 2018 annual report, the French Airports Union (UAF) shows that <strong>34 % of air traffic in France<\/strong> is due to low-cost airlines. That's almost four points more market share than in 2016.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Although France took a longer time to address the issue, it has kept pace with the rest of the European Union over the last decade.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The emergence of low-cost airlines is of particular benefit to traffic in the provinces. While low-cost airlines generate just under 22.5 % of passenger movements at Orly and Roissy, this market share rises to 46.4 % at regional airports with more than five million passengers, and even 54.8 % of traffic at regional airports with between one and five million passengers.<\/p>\n<p>According to UAF, fifteen French airports are seeing<strong> more than half<\/strong> <strong>of their traffic<\/strong> generated by low-cost carriers. Leading the way are Bergerac and Carcassonne, whose low-cost traffic is close to 100 %, followed by B\u00e9ziers, N\u00eemes and Beauvais to within a few decimal places. Among the major regional airports, Basel-Mulhouse, Bordeaux and Nantes have low-cost traffic of between 55 % and 67 % of total passengers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_88227\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88227\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/t2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"td-modal-image wp-image-88227 size-full\" title=\"Marseille Provence is continuing to extend its terminal 2 with the creation of two new aircraft stands and two boarding lounges in April 2019 \u00a9 A\u00e9roport Marseille Provence\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/t2.jpg\" alt=\"Marseille Provence is continuing to extend its terminal 2 with the creation of two new aircraft stands and two boarding lounges in April 2019 \u00a9 A\u00e9roport Marseille Provence\" width=\"500\" height=\"749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/t2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/t2-200x300-derived.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-88227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marseille Provence is continuing to extend its terminal 2 with the creation of two new aircraft stands and two boarding lounges in April 2019 \u00a9 A\u00e9roport Marseille Provence<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To compensate for the departure of the national airlines, which are now concentrating on their hubs, the low-cost carriers have often benefited from certain largesse to help them establish themselves. This ranges from marketing aid for the opening of new routes - a procedure regulated by the European Union - to the <strong>creation of turnkey terminals<\/strong>. The MP2 terminal in Marseille, which has since become terminal 2, and the 'billi' terminal in Bordeaux are just two examples of these minimalist terminals specially created to meet the needs of low-cost traffic. To reduce operators' operating costs, these shoebox-style terminals offer <strong>simplified passenger processing<\/strong> As well as their luggage, they do without a direct boarding gate to the plane and ignore all superfluous elements. \"<em>We offer a service that corresponds to what the airline and their passengers want, with the lowest possible operating costs, savings that are passed on in the price of the ticket. But each carrier has a choice of terminal<\/em>explains Cl\u00e9mentine Irvoas, communications manager at Bordeaux airport. <em>In our case, for example, Vueling and Volotea are in Concourse A of the main terminal and not in 'billi', because their brand positioning is different from that of a pure low-cost airline.<\/em>\"<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_88207\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88207\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ryanair.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88207\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ryanair.jpg\" alt=\"Present at 215 airports, Ryanair has popularised the low-cost model in Europe and is now the continent&#039;s leading airline, ahead of the Lufthansa group as a whole \u00a9 Ryanair\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ryanair.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ryanair-300x200-derived.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-88207\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Present at 215 airports, Ryanair has popularised the low-cost model in Europe and is now the continent's leading airline, ahead of the Lufthansa group as a whole \u00a9 Ryanair<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_88209\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88209\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/transavia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88209\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/transavia.jpg\" alt=\"While Air France has reviewed its strategy for Hop and Joon, it is relying fully on its fast-growing low-cost subsidiary Transavia. transavia\" width=\"700\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/transavia.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/transavia-300x201-derived.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-88209\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">While Air France has reviewed its strategy for Hop and Joon, it is relying fully on its fast-growing low-cost subsidiary Transavia. transavia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_88211\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88211\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/eurowings.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88211\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/eurowings.jpg\" alt=\"Eurowings is positioned both on point-to-point routes in Europe and on long-haul routes.\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/eurowings.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/eurowings-300x200-derived.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-88211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eurowings is positioned both on point-to-point routes in Europe and on long-haul routes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>A la carte services<\/h2>\n<p>The question is how far passengers are prepared to sacrifice comfort in order to pay less for their ticket. Because the services offered on the ground can also act as a deterrent for business travellers. The airport authorities at London-Luton, one of easyJet's main bases, have understood this by offering \u00e0 la carte services just like the airlines. For 4 pounds, or 4.50 euros, travellers can use <strong>fast-track services<\/strong> for priority passage through security and identity checks. For \u00a326.99, they can also access a business lounge.<\/p>\n<p>But airport management, particularly in Toulouse, is increasingly trying to integrate passengers from traditional airlines with those travelling on low-cost carriers. Because they are aware that <strong>the business passenger<\/strong> travelling with Air France one day will probably take easyJet for leisure, or even for business purposes if their company applies a more restrictive travel policy.<\/p>\n<p>The dividing line between full-fare and low-cost formulas has in fact disappeared completely over the last decade, with low-cost airlines having succeeded in imposing their business model on all the players in the airline industry. The best example of this evolution is this <strong>tariff segmentation has become almost uniform<\/strong> on all European airlines. Passengers can now choose between a basic fare that only includes the flight, an intermediate fare that includes baggage and seat selection, and a premium fare that is very similar in concept to a business class ticket.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The dividing line between full-fare and low-cost formulas has disappeared over the last decade, as low-cost airlines have succeeded in imposing their model on all players.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To further blur the lines between premium and low-cost carriers, the traditional airlines have created <strong>low-cost subsidiaries<\/strong> which are increasingly working in symbiosis with their parent company. These include Iberia with Vueling, Air France\/KLM with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/feu-vert-developpement-transavia-20190731.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Transavia<\/a> or Singapore Airlines with Scoot. Lufthansa is probably the epitome of the permeability that exists today between premium and low cost. A few years ago, the German carrier restructured its European network, keeping only the premium Lufthansa brand for flights to its Frankfurt and Munich hubs. All other point-to-point routes were delegated to its low-cost subsidiary Eurowings. This decision caused some gnashing of teeth in D\u00fcsseldorf, Hamburg and Stuttgart, cities with substantial business traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Passengers have become accustomed to this service, especially as Lufthansa's low-cost subsidiary offers <strong>a premium class<\/strong> on short-haul routes. It also authorises transfers with other airlines in the Lufthansa group, and gives lounge access to business passengers and premium members of the Miles &amp; More frequent flyer programme, while also crediting miles to travellers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row td-pb-row\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container td-pb-span12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"1525086033702-387d6f3f-ee16\" class=\"vc_do_toggle vc_toggle vc_toggle_default vc_toggle_color_default  vc_toggle_size_md vc_custom_1525086201134\"><div class=\"vc_toggle_title\"><h4>Number of low-cost passengers at the main French airports in 2018 and market share of low-cost traffic<\/h4><i class=\"vc_toggle_icon\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vc_toggle_content\"><table style=\"width: 690px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 181px; text-align: left;\"><strong>Airport<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 228px; text-align: left;\"><strong>Number of passengers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>low-cost<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 281px; text-align: left;\"><strong>Market share \/<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0total number of passengers<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 181px;\"><strong>Paris-Orly<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 228px;\">13,328,746<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 281px;\">40,2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 181px;\"><strong>Paris Roissy CDG<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 228px;\">10,194,697<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 281px;\">14,1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 181px;\"><strong>Nice<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 228px;\">6,069,416<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 281px;\">43,8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 181px;\"><strong>Basel-Mulhouse<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 228px;\">5,767,876<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 281px;\">67,3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 181px;\"><strong>Lyon<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 228px;\">4,258,108<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 281px;\">38,6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 181px;\"><strong>Toulouse<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 228px;\">4,068,718<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 281px;\">42,2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 181px;\"><strong>Bordeaux<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 228px;\">3,751,042<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 281px;\">55,2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 181px;\"><strong>Beauvais<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 228px;\">3,738,865<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 281px;\">98,7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 181px;\"><strong>Nantes<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 228px;\">3,523,246<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 281px;\">56,8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 181px;\"><strong>Marseille<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 228px;\">2,955,156<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 281px;\">31,5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 181px;\"><strong>Lille<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 228px;\">977,793<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 281px;\">47%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 181px;\"><strong>Montpellier<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 228px;\">708,273<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 281px;\">37,7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 181px;\"><strong>Ajaccio<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 228px;\">591,632<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 281px;\">35,4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 181px;\"><strong>Strasbourg<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 228px;\">549,448<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 281px;\">42,4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em>(Source: Union des A\u00e9roports Fran\u00e7ais)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"vc_row wpb_row td-pb-row\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container td-pb-span12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Lufthansa is pushing integration even further and is beginning to transfer certain routes to its low-cost subsidiary. Eurowings, for example, serves the Munich-Bangkok route in place of its parent company, and even flies Berlin-Munich and Berlin-Frankfurt in parallel with Lufthansa... We're well on our way <strong>far from a bipolar world<\/strong>This is an almost simplistic scenario, with low-cost carriers catering for leisure travellers on a limited budget and premium airlines tailor-made for more affluent travellers.<\/p>\n<p>Business travellers generate more revenue, and are moreover <strong>at the heart of winning strategies<\/strong> low-cost airlines. In most cases, these are captive passengers, who often have no choice but to use a low-cost carrier to fly non-stop to certain destinations. As early as 2012, easyJet began courting business travellers, giving travel agencies access to the carrier's fare ranges on booking systems such as Amadeus. The airline is present at all the major airports and offers several daily flights between Europe's main cities, a product that is perfectly suited to the needs of mobile executives.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The business traveller, who generates higher revenues, is at the heart of the low-cost airlines' strategy to win new customers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>All that was needed to seduce them completely was to instil <strong>greater flexibility<\/strong>For example, by offering customers the possibility of changing their flight if necessary, selecting their seat or getting priority boarding. The orange airline has launched its Flexi ticket, which allows passengers to change flights, enjoy priority treatment on the ground, choose their seat and take a second piece of baggage in the cabin. The easyJet Plus annual package also includes all these options except flight changes. It is even possible to book access to a lounge at certain European airports.<\/p>\n<p>For its part, Spain's Vueling has launched <strong>a corporate service<\/strong> allowing passengers to manage their own bookings, benefit from negotiated fares, reserve their seat in advance and include baggage. Business passengers represent 40 % of travellers choosing Vueling. At Volotea, a low-cost airline specialising in regional airports, the Flex fare allows you to change your reservation up to four hours before departure, and to be reimbursed in the event of cancellation.<\/p>\n<p>After conquering airports and then business passengers, we are now moving on to <strong>conquering long-haul routes<\/strong>. It is perhaps in this segment that low cost is emerging for the time being. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/germania-faillite-low-cost-20190205.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the most vulnerable in its offensive<\/a>. The advantages of quick turnarounds between flights to maximise aircraft utilisation, or of fewer flight attendants, are fading in the face of existing constraints on longer flight times. However, many airlines are now positioning themselves in this market segment. Generally speaking, these are routes with flight times of around six to eight hours, such as Paris-New York, Berlin-Toronto or London-Tel Aviv. But Airbus's launch in June of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/airbus-a321xlr-revolution-20190619.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A321 XLR<\/a>a single-aisle aircraft capable of covering a distance of 8,700 km and carrying fewer passengers than long-haul widebodies could open up new horizons.<\/p>\n<p>The transatlantic route is the most courted by low-cost airlines such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/low-cost-long-courrier-level-20170601.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Level<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/norwegian-le-pari-du-long-courrier-low-cost-a-paris-20160219.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Norwegian<\/a>Air Canada Rouge, Air Transat or Eurowings... But there are also exceptions. <strong>Norwegian or Eurowings<\/strong> offers flights to the west coast of the United States, while French Bee serves the French overseas departments and territories from Paris and IAG's low-cost subsidiary Level connects Barcelona with Buenos Aires and Santiago. In Asia, Scoot has been flying to Berlin since 2017 and has recently connected Athens to Singapore. For its part, AirAsia is working on its return to Europe.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_88213\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88213\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ext-nuit-t2-aeroport-nice.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88213\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ext-nuit-t2-aeroport-nice.jpg\" alt=\"While Nice is welcoming new long-haul routes to the Gulf and North America, France&#039;s third-largest airport after Paris is counting on low-cost carriers to develop its business.\u00a9 A\u00e9roports de la C\u00f4te d&#039;Azur\" width=\"700\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ext-nuit-t2-aeroport-nice.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ext-nuit-t2-aeroport-nice-300x199-derived.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-88213\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">While Nice is welcoming new long-haul routes to the Gulf and North America, France's third-largest airport after Paris is counting on low-cost carriers to develop its business.\u00a9 A\u00e9roports de la C\u00f4te d'Azur<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_88215\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88215\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/barcelone-el-prat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88215\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/barcelone-el-prat.jpg\" alt=\"Of the 87 airlines present at Barcelona El Prat, 13 are low-cost carriers, together accounting for 70 % of passenger traffic.\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/barcelone-el-prat.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/barcelone-el-prat-300x200-derived.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-88215\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Of the 87 airlines present at Barcelona El Prat, 13 are low-cost carriers, together accounting for 70 % of passenger traffic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_88217\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88217\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hall-a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88217\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hall-a.jpg\" alt=\"In Toulouse, the new Concourse A pier allows passengers from five aircraft to disembark and embark very quickly, meeting the requirements of low-cost airlines.\u00a9 A\u00e9roport Toulouse-Blagnac\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hall-a.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hall-a-300x200-derived.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-88217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In Toulouse, the new Concourse A pier allows passengers from five aircraft to disembark and embark very quickly, meeting the requirements of low-cost airlines.\u00a9 A\u00e9roport Toulouse-Blagnac<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Focus on long-haul routes<\/h2>\n<p>The long-haul low-cost model is only profitable if the airline faces little direct competition and, above all, if the price of fuel remains low. Last year, however, rising oil prices weighed heavily on carriers' finances, all against a backdrop of heightened competition. Norwegian, for example, had to <strong>restructure its network<\/strong>The airline is abandoning its Caribbean routes to concentrate its long-haul offer on the transatlantic route, in particular from its Scandinavian bases, but also from Amsterdam, Dublin, London Gatwick and Paris. At the same time, it has inaugurated routes between Athens and New York, Barcelona and Chicago, and from London to Las Vegas and Rio de Janeiro. Despite its delicate financial situation, Norwegian seems to have stronger backs than its counterparts. After Primera Air and Monarch in 2018, Iceland's Wow went bankrupt at the end of March. Food for thought...<\/p>\n<p>The future of long-haul low-cost air travel is increasingly taking shape in the shadow of the major carriers. As in the car industry, where brands target different markets, long-haul low-cost could serve as a back-up force on secondary routes or routes with low revenue per passenger. The Eurowings\/Lufthansa merger, the launch of the long-haul low-cost airline Zipair by Japan Airlines, the takeover of Hong Kong Express by Cathay or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/norwegian-low-cost-lufthansa-20180703.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IAG's objectives<\/a> on Norwegian prove that we're well and truly in the <strong>the age of segmentation<\/strong> for air transport. The result has been the creation of powerful airline groups. What if low cost, created with the idea of democratising air travel 50 years ago, had in fact become the cement for the globalisation of the airline industry?<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"seriesmeta\">Article 1 of 2 in this dossier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/destination\/market-share-is-the-world-of-low-cost-carriers-limitless\" class=\"series-2005\" title=\"Special report - Market share - Is the world of low-cost carriers limitless?\">Special report - Market share - Is the world of low-cost carriers limitless?<\/a><\/div><p>More than ever, air travel seems to be under the influence of low-cost airlines. To what extent will they be able to win market share and become a must for business travellers? 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