In the year 2002, the management team at Deutsche Lufthansa AG was contemplating the coming threat from low-cost airlines in the context of an increasingly complex and competitive strategic environment. Eventually the decision was taken to react to the innovation by starting an own low-cost carrier, Germanwings in late 2002. But over time the business model of Germanwings was modified repeatedly.
The case series covers * Lufthansa's considerations regarding various options to react to the competitive challenges brought up by the emerging low-cost airlines for example easyJet or Ryanair in 2002 (Case A), * the foundation of Germanwings in late 2002 and some early successes until 2005 (Case B), and * some more recent changes in the Germanwings business model in the following five years until end of 2010 (Case C).
PUBLICATION DATE: November 19, 2015 PRODUCT #: ES1661-HCB-ENG
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