Survival Strategies For Mid and Small Network and Legacy Airlines

Confined to short-haul operations, as they generally do not have the wherewithal to compete on long-haul, smaller full service airlines risk becoming an endangered species. Various avenues for survival are being adopted. These include:  

• Joining global alliances;
• Seeking equity and/or joining an equity alliance or Group of airlines with common ownership;
• Pursuing a virtual long-haul existence through codeshares and other partnerships;

Alternatively, is there a way of standing alone? If so, how? This panel explores some of the options pursued by smaller airlines. Moderator: European Aviation Club, Chairman, Rigas Doganis  Panellists:

• airBaltic, CEO, Martin Gauss
• CityJet, Chairman, Pat Byrne
• Croatia Airlines, President & CEO, Kresimir Kucko
• Flybe, CEO, Saad Hammad
• LOT Polish Airlines, CEO, Sebastian Mikosz