Airline jet fuel hedging: Theory and practice

Transport Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 713-730

  Morrell, Peter ^a   Swan, William ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Airline Planning Group LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRLINE INDUSTRY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRUDE OIL; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FUEL;

EID: 33750612870     PISSN: 01441647     EISSN: 14645327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01441640600679524     Document Type: Article

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