The relationship between on-time performance and airline market share: A new approach

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 139-154

  Suzuki, Yoshinori ^a  

^a Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Airline demand; Markov model; Non linear regression; On time performance

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; COMMERCE; COMPETITION; MARKOV PROCESSES;

AIRLINE DEMAND; AIRLINE INDUSTRY; FLIGHT DELAYS; MARKET SHARE; MARKOV MODELING; MARKOVIAN; METHOD OF MODELING; NEW APPROACHES; NON-LINEAR REGRESSION; ON-TIME PERFORMANCE;

AIR TRANSPORTATION;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRLINE INDUSTRY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034032293     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1366-5545(99)00026-5     Document Type: Article

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