Effect of open skies in the Middle East region

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 878-894

  Adler, Nicole ^a   Hashai, Niron ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Air transport; Demand forecasting; Deregulation; Hub and spoke networks; Middle East

Indexed keywords

DEREGULATION; ESTIMATION; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY;

DEMAND FORECASTING; HUB AND SPOKE NETWORKS;

AIR TRANSPORTATION;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; DEREGULATION; HUB AND SPOKE NETWORK; MARKET CONDITIONS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 24644477041     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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