Competitive advantage of low-cost carriers: Some implications for airports

Journal of Air Transport Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-50

  Gillen, David ^a,b   Lall, Ashish ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Airline airport relationship; Airport business; Competitive advantage; Low cost carriers; Southwest model

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRPORT; COMPETITIVENESS; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

EID: 1642570348     PISSN: 09696997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2003.10.009     Document Type: Article

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