The road to responsible growth

What responsible change looks like for airlines

Airlines were ravaged by the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, but there are plenty of reasons to be optimistic about the outlook for the sector.

Looking through the lens of responsible growth and business purpose, encompassing ESG, the report offers a range of tangible suggestions of what a responsible business should do next.

To understand the pending transformation of the industry, it requires first an appreciation of the levers of change likely to spur accelerated and purposeful development. 

It is these themes that we explore in depth in our latest Strategy& report, The road to responsible growth. 

The report draws on the industry insights of our consulting and deals strategy teams. And it outlines those change levers – scale, mobility, and customer focus – that will galvanise both organic growth and business reinvention. 

Driven by the economics of scale, and enabled by consolidation, successful airlines will immerse themselves into the wide-ranging mobility ecosystems. Owning a high-profile brand, customers and their loyalty will provide significant opportunity for reinvention and a strengthened market position.

To find out more download our report below. 

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