Low Cost Carrier - A worldwide phenomenon?!

 Abstract: The global aviation industry is in the process of profound change. One reason for this change is the development of Low Cost Carriers (LCCs). While the low-cost market in some regions has resulted in market consolidation, other regional markets are still in the stage of market expansion.This presentation will provide a brief overview of the historical development of LCCs in different regions of the world (North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Oceania and Middle East). Important suppliers and the demand of low cost flights are discussed, as well as regional characteristics relating to LCC markets around the world.

Biography: Prof. Dr. Sven Groß (Hochschule Harz - University of Applied Sciences, Wernigerode/Germany). Sven Groß studied Tourism Geography and Economics at the University of Trier and Spatial Planning at the University of Dortmund. Following his Masters Degree (1998) he was a management and community consultant, personal assistant to the mayor of Bad Dürkheim and research associate in tourism economics and management at Dresden University of Technology.

He did his PhD research (2004) in the Department of Traffic and Transport Sciences Friedrich List at Dresden University of Technology. Since 2005 he has been Professor of Transport Carrier Management at the Hochschule Harz - University of Applied Sciences, Wernigerode/Germany. His main research areas include tourism and transport (e.g. mobility management in tourism, airline management, transport concepts for destinations), sport tourism and events, business travel management (Online Booking Engines, web 2.0), event marketing and management as well as tourist market research. He is the author of nearly 50 publications. 

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