Applying low-cost airline pricing strategies to European railroads

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1995, 2007, Pages 1-8

  Sauter Servaes, Thomas ^a   Nash, Andrew ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; INNOVATION; RAILROADS;

LOW-COST AIRLINES (LCAS); MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; RAILWAY COMPANIES;

AIR TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 38549098968     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1995-01     Document Type: Article

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