Low-Cost Aviation

Society, Culture and Environment

1st Edition - June 15, 2022

Authors: Weiqiang Lin, Jean-Baptiste Fretigny

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Low-Cost Aviation: Aeromobilities Culture, Politics, and Infrastructures covers critical societal issues such as labor regimes, unequal and changing flying publics, transnational… Read more

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Low-Cost Aviation: Aeromobilities Culture, Politics, and Infrastructures covers critical societal issues such as labor regimes, unequal and changing flying publics, transnational dynamics of migration, tourism, business experiences, environmental challenges and shifting territorialities of LCCs at various scales. It situates LCCs holistically within a societal-infrastructural regime rather than solely within a transport context. The book explores the changing nature of passengers’ profiles and mobile cultures, new consumption patterns and Economic Re-Configurations, as well as geopolitical and sustainability challenges. Providing a research agenda for aeromobilities, the book examines the most pressing social, cultural and political impacts of LCCs on society in different global contexts.It bridges transport and mobility studies, fostering transport sustainability and mobility justice to improve air transport management.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Contemporary Issues in Air Transport
Copyright
List of contributors
Acknowledgment
1. Introduction – Low-cost aviation: society, culture, and environment
Low-cost aviation: observations and general directions
The social and cultural dynamics of “flying on the cheap”
Structure of the book
Conclusions
Part One. Low-cost carriers' strategies of expansion: challenging dynamics for society and place
2. Between unsupported assertions and black boxes: highlighting gaps in knowledge on low-cost air travel
Introduction
A range of low-cost airline models
Linking low-cost airline networks and places
Airlines–airports–places relationships
Traffic volatility
Social and economic matters
Political matters and public expenditures
Adverse environmental impacts
A new post-COVID equilibrium?
Conclusions
3. Ultra-low-cost carrier network volatility in Europe: unlocking and disconnecting regions
Introduction
Theoretic framework
Hypotheses
Data and research method
ULCC network development
Concluding remarks and further research
4. Low-cost aviation in China: its history and its changing context
Introduction
Early history of low-cost aviation in China
Literature review on the specificities of Chinese low-cost aviation
Current performance and early take-off signs of China's low-cost aviation
Novel coronavirus pandemic and China's low-cost aviation
Conclusions and forecast
Part Two. Changing landscapes, discourses, and experiences of low-cost air travel
5. The development of Southeast Asia's low-cost aviation industry
The budget airport hub: Kuala Lumpur's Low-Cost Carrier Terminal
Conclusion
6. Cultures of flying and low-cost carriers in Southern Africa: accessible air travel for all?
Introduction: cultures of flying
VFR tourism and cultures of mobility
Flying for the people
Conclusion: cultures of flying and LCCs in Southern Africa
7. Cheap flights from major hubs: aeromobile experiences of in-betweenness
Introduction
The social and cultural significance of aeromobile in-betweenness
The investigation of low-cost experiences of main airports
Low-cost aeromobilities in the mobile segregation of airport hubs
The (in)visibility of main-hubbed low-cost passengers' practices
Conclusion
Part Three. Low-fare passengers' identities and diversities
8. Staying connected: low cost airlines in the lives of Polish migrants
Introduction
Air connectivity between Poland and the UK
The experience of flying for migration between Poland and the UK
Final thoughts: Brexit, Covid-19, and the future of low-cost aeromobilities for migration
9. High class, low fares: diplomatic aeromobility and low-cost carriers
Introduction
Low-cost carriers and business travel
Toward diplomatic aeromobility
A methodology under a restricted sphere of activity
Diplomatic aeromobility and LCCs: a case study
Conclusion
Part Four. Airborne sensibilities of low-cost air travel
10. Disruptive passenger behavior onboard low-cost carrier aircraft: the issue of air rage
Introduction
Disruptive passenger behavior
Causes of disruptive behavior
Prevalence of disruptive behavior
Low-cost carrier operations
Conclusion
11. Meaningful routes—how low-cost flying affects our being in place
Introduction
Low-cost air travel
Meaningful routes
Customization of air travel
Being in place
Conclusion
Part Five. The ecological disjunctures of flying on the cheap
12. Environmental sustainability challenges to low-cost aeromobilities
Introduction
The environmental context for aviation
Low-cost carriers and environmental implications
Measures to mitigate climate change
Surface transport and other alternatives to low-cost air travel
Discussion on current and future low-cost model developments and environmental implications
Conclusions
13. Calibrating Consumption: Flyers' Dilemmas in the Age of the Low-Cost Carrier
Introduction: “just like waiting for a bus”
“… Even the greenest people fly”: the home versus away distinction, overconsumption, and the role of the individual
Methodology
“Making conscious choices every day”: sustainability as a balancing act
Consuming flight as a career “necessity”
Temporal deferral and other debts into the future
Conclusion: “I want to do more”
14. “Getting the summer you deserve”: locking-in flying to the tourist experience
Introduction: “Flying to the sun”
“Because everyone does it”: Applying social practice theory to holidays by air
Flying south to the sun: The evolution and innovation of air travel for tourism
Innovating for low-carbon mobility practices
Conclusion: What flying can tell us about the future
15. Epilogue: whither low-cost aviation
Endless journeys
More detours
Looking beyond
Index