A Study on Low Cost Carrier Business Models

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79 4.4.3.3 North America

Figure : Return Tickets in North America Short Haul route used: Los Angeles – Las Vegas Long Haul route used: Los Angeles – Boston Southwest is substantially cheaper than JetBlue. It follows the trend of one-way ticket prices in America where 2 weeks is the cheapest and anything else is a standard higher price.

Key findings: •

Short haul is showing a trend with 2 weeks being the cheapest and the other two given dates being the more expensive of the two.

This once again applies to long haul operations.


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