Charter Airlines: Have They a Future?

Tourism and Hospitality Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 72-78

  Buck, Simon ^a   Lei, Zheng ^b  

^a First Choice House   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

charter airlines; full service scheduled airlines; inclusive tours; no frills scheduled airlines; seat only

Indexed keywords

EID: 31044452546     PISSN: 14673584     EISSN: 17429692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.thr.6040007     Document Type: Article

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