Low cost airline，Also known as low-cost airline，Referring to the elimination of some traditional airline passenger services，Control operating costs lower than ordinary 188bet sports betting app download，Thus 188bet sports betting app download that can provide a large number of cheap fares for a long time。

The first airline to introduce a low-cost operating model and achieve great success was Southwest 188bet sports betting app download。After decades of development，Now occupying a place in the global aviation market，Becoming the fastest growing field of civil aviation in the world。Except Southwest 188bet sports betting app download，Ryanair in Ireland、Virgin Airways Australia、Malaysia’s AirAsia and others have achieved success in low-cost operations。Compared to foreign countries，Domestic low-cost 188bet sports betting app download started late，Spring 188bet sports betting app download is currently clearly or has transformed into a low-cost airline、Nine Yuan 188bet sports betting app download、China United 188bet sports betting app download、Chengdu 188bet sports betting app download、Western 188bet sports betting app download、Happiness 188bet sports betting app download、Urumqi 188bet sports betting app download and Lucky Air。

Civil Aviation Big Data in this issue，hereinafter referred to as CABD) will compare traditional 188bet sports betting app download and low-cost 188bet sports betting app download，Analysis of the operating characteristics of domestic low-cost 188bet sports betting app download。

1. Actual number of flights&On-time arrival rate

Judging from the actual flight volume in September，Currently domestic traditional 188bet sports betting app download dominate，The actual number of flights operated by low-cost 188bet sports betting app download only accounts for 8 of the total number of domestic airline flights.5%。Among them，Spring 188bet sports betting app download is the leader of domestic low-cost 188bet sports betting app download，The actual number of flights operated accounts for 28 of the total number of low-cost airline flights.9%。

Among the domestic low-cost 188bet sports betting app download, only Spring 188bet sports betting app download、Lucky Air and West Air have international/regional flights。Among them，Spring 188bet sports betting app download’ international/regional flights account for 30.8%，Lucky Air、Western 188bet sports betting app download is 4.3% and 1.5%。

The overall on-time arrival rate of low-cost 188bet sports betting app download in September was 84%，Slightly higher than 83% of traditional 188bet sports betting app download。Among them，Happiness Air’s on-time arrival rate is as high as 92%；Chengdu 188bet sports betting app download、Nine Yuan 188bet sports betting app download、The on-time arrival rates of Urumqi 188bet sports betting app download and Spring 188bet sports betting app download are both above 85%。

2. Accessible to the airport

Traditional 188bet sports betting app download can reach 379 airports，Only 161 airports accessible by low-cost carriers。Compared to traditional 188bet sports betting app download，There are 7 airports exclusive to low-cost carriers (indicated by orange circles in the picture below)，respectively Beijing Nanyuan (NAY)、Ejina Banner Taolai(EJN)、Foshan Shadi (FUO)、Ninglang Lugu Lake (NLH)、Saga(HSG)、Ibaraki (IBR) and Takamatsu (TAK) Airport。

The top five airports with low-cost airline arrivals are Kunming Changshui (KMG)、Beijing Nanyuan(NAY)、Shanghai Pudong (PVG)、Chengdu Shuangliu (CTU) and Chongqing Jiangbei (CKG)。Except Beijing Nanyuan Airport，The other 4 airports are all tens of millions airports。

Note: Low-cost 188bet sports betting app download exclusive airport: only compared with domestic traditional 188bet sports betting app download，There are no arriving flights from traditional domestic 188bet sports betting app download at this airport。

3. Route coverage

A total of 4886 routes of traditional 188bet sports betting app download，A total of 986 low-cost airline routes。Among them，405 low-cost airline exclusive routes，Accounting for 41% of the total number of low-cost airline routes，Including 335 domestic routes and 70 international/regional routes。

Among the 335 domestic routes exclusive to low-cost carriers，55 main routes，280 other routes，Other routes account for approximately 84% of the total number of domestic exclusive routes。Low-cost 188bet sports betting app download develop other routes，Can effectively avoid fierce competition with traditional 188bet sports betting app download and high-speed rail。

Among the 70 international/regional routes exclusive to low-cost carriers，Both East Asia、Southeast Asia Route。Of which traveling to and from Japan、Thailand and South Korea have the most routes，26 each、23 and 10。

Note: Exclusive routes of low-cost 188bet sports betting app download: only compared with traditional domestic 188bet sports betting app download，There are no flights of traditional domestic 188bet sports betting app download on this route

Domestic routes: refers to mainland China，Domestic-domestic routes

International/regional routes: domestic-international/regional，International/Regional-Domestic，International/Region-International/Region

Number of routes: A-B and B-A count as 2 routes

Main routes: refers to routes between domestic airports with a rating of 2 million or above

Other routes: domestic routes other than main routes

4.Flight duration&Flight distance

The average flight distance of each low-cost airline flight is about 1197km，The actual flight time is about 115 minutes。With traditional 188bet sports betting app download (1325km、123 minutes) compared to，Low-cost carriers have shorter average flight distance and average actual flight time。Among them，About 97% of low-cost 188bet sports betting app download’ flights have actual flight duration within 4 hours。

The following figure shows the distribution of the average flight distance and average actual flight time of domestic low-cost 188bet sports betting app download: it can be seen，Happiness 188bet sports betting app download mainly operates short-distance flights，Average flight distance 401km，Average actual flight time 74 minutes；Spring 188bet sports betting app download、Compared to several other low-cost 188bet sports betting app download，The average flight distance and average actual flight time are longer。

From the perspective of flight distance distribution of low-cost airline flights，Happiness 188bet sports betting app download、Lucky Air and China United 188bet sports betting app download mainly provide flights below 800km，For example, 41% of Lucky Air’s flights are less than 800km；Western 188bet sports betting app download、Spring 188bet sports betting app download、The flight distance of most flights of Chengdu 188bet sports betting app download and Jiuyuan 188bet sports betting app download is concentrated between 1000-1500km；Urumqi 188bet sports betting app download has 35% of its flights with a flight distance of more than 2000km。

5.Model&Aircraft daily utilization rate

Low-cost 188bet sports betting app download generally achieve the purpose of reducing operating costs by choosing a unified aircraft model and a single class of cabins。Unifying aircraft types can reduce aircraft maintenance and training costs，Single-class cabins can add more seats in the same space，Increase the passenger load factor of the aircraft。

Spring 188bet sports betting app download、China United 188bet sports betting app download、Nine Yuan 188bet sports betting app download、Both Fortune Air and Urumqi 188bet sports betting app download use the same aircraft model: Spring 188bet sports betting app download’ 63 aircraft are all A320；China United 188bet sports betting app download、Both the aircraft models of Jiuyuan 188bet sports betting app download and Urumqi 188bet sports betting app download are Boeing 737 series；The aircraft models of Happy 188bet sports betting app download are all MA60。

In addition，Improve the daily utilization rate of aircraft，Let the plane fly as much as possible，It can also achieve the purpose of reducing operating costs。Except Fortune Air (due to low flight volume，Except for short-haul flights，The actual daily aircraft utilization rates of several other low-cost 188bet sports betting app download are more than 9 hours，Western 188bet sports betting app download is up to 11 hours。

6. Difficulties and prospects

Compared to foreign low-cost 188bet sports betting app download，such as Southwest 188bet sports betting app download、Virgin Australia has already ranked among the top three in the country，The development of China’s low-cost 188bet sports betting app download is relatively slow。Domestic low-cost 188bet sports betting app download not only face competition from traditional 188bet sports betting app download and high-speed rail，Foreign 188bet sports betting app download have also begun to explore the Chinese market。Such as Tigerair Singapore (TR)，Singapore operates the largest low-cost airline by passenger volume，Of the 95 routes currently open，There are 26 routes from Singapore to and from mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan，More than 1/4 of its total routes。

Although domestic low-cost 188bet sports betting app download face many difficulties，But at the same time, China’s aviation market also has huge potential，And the operating model of low-cost 188bet sports betting app download makes their fares more competitive。As low-cost 188bet sports betting app download continue to develop，We should improve our service quality、Strengthen cooperation with traditional 188bet sports betting app download、Return to long-distance routes、Segment consumer groups to develop personalized product strategies，Thus continuously growing the domestic low-cost aviation market。

Data description

Data source: VariFlight (flying often accurate)

Time: September 1, 2016 - September 30, 2016

Low cost airline: 8L、9C、KN、PN、EU、AQ、JR、UQ

Traditional 188bet sports betting app download: 31 domestic 188bet sports betting app download except low-cost 188bet sports betting app download

Flight: Passenger flight

*This article is reproduced from the Civil Aviation Big Data Research Institute.

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