Ssamula, B2009-09-082009-09-082009-07Ssamula, B. 2009. Sustainable business models for the state-owned African airlines. Sustainable transport: 28th Annual Southern African Transport Conference (SATC) 2009, Pretoria, South Africa, 6-9 July, 2009. pp 1-139781920017392http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3568Sustainable transport: The 28th Annual Southern African Transport Conference (SATC) 2009, Pretoria, South Africa, 6-9 July, 2009The entrance of the low cost carriers business models has been widely praised for challenging several inefficient airline business practices. However, currently business models of both traditional carriers and low cost carriers worldwide are being tested through the global crises. In the current operating environment, many "legacy" airlines worldwide have implemented extreme financial and operational measures to stay afloat. The costs of operating airlines are getting higher while the revenue bases are shrinking. The aim of this paper is to assess the current state-owned airlines in Africa. It will highlight some of the inherent weaknesses and identify elements within their operational models that can improve their sustainability. Some of the elements that will be analysed vary from growing the network though mergers to investor funding models for capital, etc. The survival and sustainability of African airlines within today's aviation market lies their ability to operate cost effectively and prudently to adopt low risk capital and operational business modelsenSustainable business modelsState-owned airlinesAfrican airlinesAirlines economicsCorporate governance structuresAviation servicesLow cost carriers business modelsSouthern African Transport ConferenceSATC 2009Sustainable transportConference PresentationSsamula, B. (2009). Sustainable business models for the state-owned African airlines. Southern African Transport Conference. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3568Ssamula, B. "Sustainable business models for the state-owned African airlines." (2009): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3568Ssamula B, Sustainable business models for the state-owned African airlines; Southern African Transport Conference; 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3568 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Ssamula, B AB - The entrance of the low cost carriers business models has been widely praised for challenging several inefficient airline business practices. However, currently business models of both traditional carriers and low cost carriers worldwide are being tested through the global crises. In the current operating environment, many "legacy" airlines worldwide have implemented extreme financial and operational measures to stay afloat. The costs of operating airlines are getting higher while the revenue bases are shrinking. The aim of this paper is to assess the current state-owned airlines in Africa. It will highlight some of the inherent weaknesses and identify elements within their operational models that can improve their sustainability. Some of the elements that will be analysed vary from growing the network though mergers to investor funding models for capital, etc. The survival and sustainability of African airlines within today's aviation market lies their ability to operate cost effectively and prudently to adopt low risk capital and operational business models DA - 2009-07 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Sustainable business models KW - State-owned airlines KW - African airlines KW - Airlines economics KW - Corporate governance structures KW - Aviation services KW - Low cost carriers business models KW - Southern African Transport Conference KW - SATC 2009 KW - Sustainable transport LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2009 SM - 9781920017392 T1 - Sustainable business models for the state-owned African airlines TI - Sustainable business models for the state-owned African airlines UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3568 ER -