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- January 2004 (Revised January 2005)
- Case
Delta Air Lines (A): The Low-Cost Carrier Threat
By: Jan W. Rivkin and Laurent Therivel
The top management of Delta Air Lines must decide how to respond to the threat posed by low-cost carriers such as Southwest and JetBlue. Among the options considered is the launch of a low-cost subsidiary by Delta itself. Prior efforts to launch a low-cost subsidiary,... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Cost; Decision Choices and Conditions; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Air Transportation Industry
Rivkin, Jan W., and Laurent Therivel. "Delta Air Lines (A): The Low-Cost Carrier Threat." Harvard Business School Case 704-403, January 2004. (Revised January 2005.)
- November 2014
- Teaching Note
American Airlines in 2011
By: Willy Shih
The American Airlines in 2011 case set was developed to provide a setting for the comparative analysis of two very different business models in the U.S. domestic airline industry—the network carrier and the low cost carrier (LCC). These models offer very different... View Details
- July 2014 (Revised November 2015)
- Case
American Airlines in 2011
By: Willy Shih
The American Airlines in 2011 case was developed to provide a setting for the comparative analysis of two very different business models in the U.S. domestic airline industry—the network carrier and the low cost carrier (LCC). These models offer very different value... View Details
Keywords: American Airlines; Network Carrier; Low-cost Carrier; LCC; Business Model; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Disruption; Transportation Industry; Travel Industry; Air Transportation Industry; United States
Shih, Willy. "American Airlines in 2011." Harvard Business School Case 615-009, July 2014. (Revised November 2015.)
- September 2005 (Revised March 2006)
- Teaching Note
Delta Air Lines (A): The Low-Cost Carrier Threat and Delta Air Lines (B): The Launch of Song (TN)
By: Jan W. Rivkin
- August 2016 (Revised July 2017)
- Case
Singapore Airlines: Premium Goes Multi-Brand
By: Rohit Deshpande and Dawn H. Lau
Singapore Airlines had long been considered the gold standard for its innovative customer service. However, the company was faced with new sources of competition, from the rapid growth of Southeast Asian low-cost carriers on the one hand, to the expansion of premium... View Details
Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Management Teams; Brands and Branding; Air Transportation Industry; Travel Industry; Singapore
Deshpande, Rohit, and Dawn H. Lau. "Singapore Airlines: Premium Goes Multi-Brand." Harvard Business School Case 517-017, August 2016. (Revised July 2017.)
- August 2008 (Revised August 2009)
- Case
Lan Airlines in 2008: Connecting the World to Latin America
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Jorge Tarzijan and Mitchel Jordan
Lan Airlines operates three distinct models: low-cost for domestic short-haul flights, full-service for international routes; and an international cargo business, the latter of which makes up 33% of Lan's overall revenues (markedly different from many U.S. legacy... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Air Transportation Industry; Latin America
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Jorge Tarzijan, and Mitchel Jordan. "Lan Airlines in 2008: Connecting the World to Latin America." Harvard Business School Case 709-410, August 2008. (Revised August 2009.)
- November 2023 (Revised May 2024)
- Case
Norse Atlantic Airways
By: Willy Shih
Bjørn Tore Larsen, Norse Atlantic Airways' founder and CEO, hadn't planned to get into the airline business. But when the COVID-19 pandemic depressed the global demand for air travel and the lease rates for jetliners, he realized if ever he was going to get into the... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Business Startups; Market Entry and Exit; Leasing; Business Strategy; Segmentation; Interest Rates; Air Transportation Industry; Europe; North America; Norway; United Kingdom; United States
Shih, Willy. "Norse Atlantic Airways." Harvard Business School Case 624-034, November 2023. (Revised May 2024.)
- October 2008 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
JetBlue Airways: Managing Growth
By: Robert S. Huckman and Gary P. Pisano
Considers the situation facing David Barger, President and CEO of JetBlue Airways, in May 2007 as he addresses the airline's need to slow its growth rate in the response to increasing fuel costs and the effects of major operational crisis for the airline in February... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Operations; Performance Capacity; Performance Efficiency; Competitive Strategy; Air Transportation Industry
Huckman, Robert S., and Gary P. Pisano. "JetBlue Airways: Managing Growth." Harvard Business School Case 609-046, October 2008. (Revised June 2011.)
- February 2018
- Case
EmQuest: Travel Distribution in the Digital Era
By: Karim R. Lakhani and Gamze Yucaoglu
EmQuest, Emirates Group’s travel distribution company, must decide what to do with its contract with the global distribution system it uses, Sabre. Since its founding in 1988, EmQuest was servicing travel agents in the MENA region by providing a connection to over 400... View Details
Keywords: UAE; Decision; Business Model; Competitive Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Business Strategy; Value Creation; Change Management; Emerging Markets; For-Profit Firms; Competitive Advantage; Travel Industry; United Arab Emirates
Lakhani, Karim R., and Gamze Yucaoglu. "EmQuest: Travel Distribution in the Digital Era." Harvard Business School Case 618-040, February 2018.
- 25 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 25
Working PapersAnger and Regulation Authors:Rafael Di Tella and Juan DubraNBER Working Paper Series, No. 15201, August 2009 Abstract We propose a model where voters experience an emotional cost when they observe a firm that has displayed insufficient concern for other... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Improving Fairness in Flight Delays
for regional airlines such as American Eagle, Skywest, and Mesa Airlines, which also have the greatest percentage of cancelations and connecting passengers. Low-cost airlines soar. Delay rates were lowest for View Details
- 20 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 20, 2016
growth of Southeast Asian low-cost carriers on the one hand, to the expansion of premium Gulf carriers on the other. The company, therefore, decided to launch a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Presentation Round-Up
scenario, first "broke the back" of the DSL-based local phone companies, or ILECs (Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers), with low-cost digital telephony and broadband services. But with independent content providers squeezed out, an... View Details
- 21 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 21, 2009
airline's need to slow its growth rate in the response to increasing fuel costs and the effects of major operational crisis for the airline in February 2007. In 2005, JetBlue—typically viewed as a low-cost View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=309090 Lan Airlines in 2008: Connecting the World to Latin America Harvard Business School Case 709-410 Lan Airlines operates three distinct models: low-cost for domestic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace