Sustainable Efficiency: The Future of Ground Operations at LCC Hubs

article | 13-Jan-23

Sustainable Efficiency: The Future of Ground Operations at LCC Hubs

???????: Adam Cowburn, &nbspAnthony Gill, &nbspJoshua Ng, &nbspMabel Kwan

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The low-cost carrier (LCC) business model has been evolving, including prior to the pandemic. Driven to facilitate connectivity and capture a slice of alternative higher-yielding segments, many LCCs have pivoted operations at their hub airports to enable this new direction. Ground
Handling Agents (GHAs) have had to adapt to such evolving business model requirements from LCCs, and provide differentiated services tailored specifically for the new airline models.

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Sustainable Efficiency: The Future of Ground Operations at LCC Hubs

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