Airline alliances and entry deterrence

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 637-652

  Lin, Ming Hsin ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airline alliances; Entry deterrence; Hub spoke network

Indexed keywords

AIRLINE ALLIANCE; CODE SHARING; COST ADVANTAGES; ENTRY DETERRENCE; FOREIGN CARRIERS; HUB-SPOKE NETWORK; NETWORK SIZE; PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION;

PROFITABILITY;

AIRLINE INDUSTRY; MONOPOLY;

EID: 40949093559     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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