Flybransjen: Lønnsom for andre enn flyselskapene

[Someone]

The Economist har en artikkel om hvordan de fleste i bransjen, utenom flyselskapene selv, klarer å tjene penger og da spesielt GDSene og diverse mellommenn som virkelig klarer å skumme fløten

http://www.economist.com/node/215608...tablemiddleman

AIRLINES are wonderful generators of profit—for everyone except themselves. Even in good times their margins are as thin as a boarding pass, and in recent years they have more often lost money (see chart). Averaged over the past four decades, the net profit margin of the world’s airlines, taken together, has been a measly 0.1%. By contrast, other bits of the travel business that depend on the airlines—such as aircraft-makers, travel agents, airports, caterers and maintenance firms—have done very nicely.


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Some of the tastiest margins in the travel business are enjoyed by the “global distribution systems” (GDSs), a fancy name for computerised-reservations services. These were originally created by several of the largest airlines to distribute their flights through travel agencies but have since become independent firms. Most flights booked through a physical or online travel agent go through a GDS, which charges the airline a fee of about $12 per round trip, passing a few dollars of that to the travel agent. According to Take Travel Forward, an airlines’ lobby group, the world’s carriers pay $7 billion in GDS fees a year—more than double their expected net profits this year of $3 billion.

[The Ticketor]

Fint med litt fokus på GDSene, dem vet å ta seg betalt, godt betalt!

[sirpjalle]

Intressant lesning....

[jjessen]

For ikke å snakke om flyplassene som tar seg godt betalt av flyselskapene for å komme med kunder de kan tjene store penger på (taxfree, parkering, pølser...)

CPH Airport ligger på en EBIT rundt 37% for tiden!

En håpløs fordeling av verdiskapningen som Ryanair har lært seg å utnytte når de nesten får betalt for å lande på flyplasser. De vurderer vel også å kjøpe Stanstead mener jeg å ha lest et eller annet sted?

[darkcho]

De vurderer å kjøpe seg inn i Stanstead, ikke kjøpe hele flyplassen. Er snakk om en andel på rundt 20%.

[LN-MOW]

Jepp .. been there, done that, sent the bill ....