To what extent did the decrease in the market power of the Indian Civil Aviation Market lead to the shutdown of Jet Airways Limited?

Market Power of the Indian Civil Aviation Market

Research Question

To what extent did the decrease in the market power of the Indian Civil Aviation Market lead to the shutdown of Jet Airways Limited?

Parameter for measuring market power

Parameter 1: 4-Firm concentration ratio

This parameter will be used to find the decrease in the market power of the sector

Parameter 2: Market share of Jet Airways

Methodology

Primary Data

Questionnaire for Jet Airways Official

What do you think are the possible reasons behind the decrease in the profitability and market share of Jet Airways?

How did the entry of LCC’s in 2005 affect the aviation sector?

Do you think that the entry of LCC’s affected the market share of Jet Airways?

Do you think Jet was able to differentiate its services as a full service carrier as compared to the LCC’s?

Data shows that the aviation tax and hence the aviation fuel price in India is higher as compared to other countries.

To what extent, do you think, does this affect the profitability of Indian aviation firms?

The dollar has appreciated consistently versus the Indian Rupee, which is another contributor to the higher fuel prices. To what extent, do you think, does this affect the profitability of Indian aviation firms?

Some experts say that the acquisition of Air Sahara by Jet was at a price that was higher than the price justified? What are your views on the same?

What are your views on the debt levels of Jet? Were they particularly high or low? Were they one of main contributor to the cost of operation for Jet?

According to you, what were the three most important things that caused the shutting down of Jet?