NOVÉ FORMY HORIZONTÁLNEJ SPOLUPRÁCE LETECKÝCH SPOLOČNOSTÍ

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to introduce the information about forms of horizontal cooperation between companies in the aviation sector. The introduction describes a brief history of the aviation industry, its position in the market and briefly sums up the content of the work. The first part characterizes individual forms of horizontal cooperation. The second part describes new forms of business strategies of airlines and their cooperation in the market. This part also deals with the specific use of various forms of business in practice. In the third part new forms of cooperation between long-haul low-cost carriers are described as well as its connection with the establishment of the first low-cost air alliances and their brief characteristics. The work also describes the development of these alliances and their possible growth in the future. Special emphasis is placed on the analysis of low-cost air carriers in Europe, their possible cooperation and building their own alliances in the future.