Are LCC viable for long haul travel

[dajop]

CAPA has used an eclectic mix of regional definitions:-

They do indeed:

In Asia Pacific, all LCC widebody flights of more than four hours are counted. In Asia the four hour rule typically distinguishes between a short haul and long haul flight for those LCC groups operating widebody aircraft. There are narrowbody LCC routes within Asia Pacific of more than four hours, but those are not generally considered long haul operations and therefore are not counted here

So Jetstar SIN-TPE is short haul and Scoot SIN-TPE is long haul !! From a passenger perspective the opposite is almost certainly the case.

I do like the FLLH categorisation, although perhaps that should be FCLH (.. the longer the better )

 

[Scarlett]

Most full service long haul carriers are probably unwittingly creating the growth space and normalisation for long haul LCC. That is, by reducing economy travel to the bare bones experience, they have shown that pax will put up with the basics. The clue about where the race to the bottom leads is in the name...

 

[Strategic Aviation]

They do indeed:

Of course different CAPA authors use different categorisations

The 15 A330s are used on 10 medium haul routes: from Kuala Lumpur to Adelaide, Auckland, Beijing, Delhi, Jeddah, Melbourne, Osaka, Seoul, Sydney and Tokyo.

 

[moa999]

And AirAsiaX dumps mainland USA and Europe plans

http://www.thestar.com.my/business/...airasia-x-not-entering-fray-to-fly-to-europe/

 

[Strategic Aviation]

Interesting.

Last month Flights to US West Coast 'not too far away' AirAsia CEO says - CNBC

Now AirAsia X CEO Takes to Twitter to Call Off Plans to Fly to Europe and California - Skift

 

[moa999]

Also a big thread on anet about at least some of their new 339s being delivered in a 440-seat all Y configuration (current 333s are 12/365)

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Interesting.

Last month Flights to US West Coast 'not too far away' AirAsia CEO says - CNBC

Now AirAsia X CEO Takes to Twitter to Call Off Plans to Fly to Europe and California - Skift

The airline seems to have a history of either announcing or launching routes which it later cancels at short notice. It's not a good reputation, but has not been replicated by others in the market. If it does start to get copied by others it could undermine the reliability of long-haul LCC operations.