Sensitivitätsanalysen – Besseres Verständnis der Auswirkungen und des Zusammenhangs kritischer Einflussgrößen auf die Profitabilität kommerzieller Personenluftfahrtunternehmen

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT states in its „Global Airline Industry Program“ that since the year 2002, five of seven network carriers have filed for bankruptcy protection. The increased competitive pressure not only but especially from low-cost carriers, the loss of consumer confidence, and the transparency of pricing facilitated by the increased availability of the world wide web and last but not least the numerous online travel distribution channels have all contributed to a precipitous decline in average fares and a significant impact on airline revenues. The following article in this book focuses not only on the most common key revenue and cost metrics of today’s and tomorrow’s passenger airline industry, but also explores the sensitivity of internal and external influence variables on key operating figures.