Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation notes that All Nippon Airways reportedly plans to establish up to two LCC subsidiaries next year to grow and defend international and domestic markets. “This provides even more evidence that the LCC movement in this region is increasingly being fostered by full service carriers. The subsidiaries – in many cases intended to help carriers defend market shares – are increasingly viewed as effective market segmentation/branding tools, and cost reduction/restructuring vehicles,” stated Peter Harbison, Executive Chairman of the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation. […]

Julian Carr, Manager New Product Development at IATA, told local and international delegates at the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation’s Third Annual India and Middle East LCC Symposium that interlining between LCCs may be a natural progression of the model in the region. At the CAPA Symposium, Mr Carr posed the question, “will low cost long haul be achieved through interlining?” in the future, as LCCs in India and the Asia Pacific seek to expand their networks. LCCs that are not planning to expand into certain markets […]