Many industry experts have suggested that LCCs should move away from using low fares as the point of differentiation in their campaigns. Perhaps the ban on advertisements offer zero-dollar seats without revealing full charges may force LCCs to fi-nally take different, more creative approaches in their marketing communications.
This was evident in AirAsia’s “Have you Flown AirAsia Lately?” campaign. The aim of this was to appeal to the emotions of con-sumers rather than simply using the low-price approach. The cam-paign included television commercials and a series of music-themed vignettes featuring VJs from the popular STAR channel to position AieAsia as a cool, fun brand. This move was seen as encouraging by industry experts.
It is also heartening to see LCCs forming alliances to lower op-erating costs. AirAsia and jatstar have been working together since 2010 in areas such as procuring of airlines also plan to carry each other’s passengers standed by breakdowns and other disruptions.