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Low cost carrier terminal or LCCT aka budget terminal is a specific type of airport terminal designed with the needs of low cost airlines in mind. Though terminals may have differing charges and costs, as is common in Europe, the concept of an all budget terminal was promoted and pioneered by Tony Fernandes of AirAsia at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in 2006.〔 ==Description== In some cases, the designs of a Low Cost Carrier Terminal mimicked old designs of an airport terminal, such as the former airport of Hong Kong, Kai Tak Airport. With a stripped down airport terminal, airports can reduce daily operating costs significantly, thereby passing along the savings to budget airlines and ultimately their passengers. It specifically entails cost reductions from normal airports in terms of: * physical building: * * forgoing expensive architectural design for simple boxy warehouse-like design. * * low ceilings. * * foregoing steel and glass structures to reduce air conditioning overhead cost (India).〔http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/centre-to-focus-on-low-cost-airports-along-tourist-circuits-114070300950_1.html〕 * amenities: * * may have fewer choice in terms of restaurants, duty-free. * * decoration being mostly airline ads. * support structures: * * long corridors, moving walkways, and jet bridges often replaced by transport with airport buses and boarding with airstairs. (This also allows quicker plane turnaround time,〔http://www.fzt.haw-hamburg.de/pers/Scholz/ALOHA/ALOHA_PUB_DLRK_09-09-08.pdf〕 which may lower Landing fee, and increase aircraft utilization). * * Baggage handling is much simplified, e.g. some LCCTS lack Baggage carousels. However these terminals may also have modern facilities such as free Wi-Fi and are comfortably air conditioned. A German study (Swanson 2007) of costs showed that at Malaysia's KLIA and Changi LCCTs, airlines were charged roughly 2/3 to 3/4 the total cost of landing at the main terminal; for budget sensitive carriers, any savings advantage can be critical.〔http://www.fzt.haw-hamburg.de/pers/Scholz/arbeiten/TextLunTan.pdf〕 klia2 billed as the world's largest purpose-built terminal dedicated to low-cost carriers, is designed to cater for 45 million passengers a year with future capacity expansion capability. Built at a cost of US$1.3 billion, klia2 started commercial operations on May 2, 2014 at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Malaysia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Low cost carrier terminal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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