The effects of strategic alliances and risk pooling on the load factors of international airline operations

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-34

  Chen, Fisher Chia Yu ^a   Chen, Chialin ^b  

^a SHIH HSIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airlline demand and supply management; Stochastic models; Strategic alliances

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRLINE INDUSTRY;

EID: 0037214557     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1366-5545(02)00025-X     Document Type: Article

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