For Chinese low-cost airlines network, this article employed two indicators:
network topology indexes, to evaluate the current status of the network, and
economic performance indexes, to analyze the development potential of the
network. From the topology indexes, each airline has its own different
characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages, while from economic and
socio-demographic indexes, Spring Airlines, West Air, and China United Airlines
have obvious advantages and other airlines have distinct shortcomings. Then, the
TOPSIS (Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to an Ideal Solution)
method was used to comprehensively evaluate Chinese low-cost airlines. The
results show that the ranking in terms of network is: Spring Airlines, Western
Airlines, China United Airlines, Lucky Air, 9 Air, Chengdu Airlines, and also
show Chinese low-cost airlines network is in initial and growth stage.
