THE CASE OF MALEV--HUNGARY

This paper discusses MALEV, the Hungarian airline. During the Cold War, about half of MALEV's business was in the eastern market. These markets disappeared overnight, and the airline had to focus their attention on the western market. Some of their challenges include a very complex mix of aircraft, relatively high maintenance costs, fuel inefficiency, and lack of cargo space. MALEV tried to overcome some of these challenges by searching for an investment partner, and ended up partnering with Alitalia. They have also gone into code sharing partnerships with Delta, TWA, and American Airlines. The author details the history of operations of MALEV. They are very pleased that their eastern markets are starting to return.

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  • This paper was presented in Forum Session "Privatization of National Airlines: A Look at Poland, Hungary, The Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Argentina". These proceedings, Volume 8 of the TRF 36th Annual Conference, were funded for publication by the UPS Foundation.
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• Authors:
  • Vellenga, D B
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Forum, Post-Meeting Proceedings, 36th Annual Meeting, Volume 8
  • Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
  • Date: 1994-11-3 to 1994-11-5
• Publication Date: 1994

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 119-123
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Transportation Research Forum
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Forum
  • ISSN: 1052-7524

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aircraft; Airlines; Cargo compartments; Fuel conservation; Investments; Maintenance management; Markets; Partnerships; Privatization
• Identifier Terms: Alitalia
• Uncontrolled Terms: Maintenance costs
• Geographic Terms: Hungary
• Old TRIS Terms: Cargo capacity
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Energy; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00727124
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Volume 8
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 25 1996 12:00AM