Triggering competition in the Spanish airline market: The role of airport capacity and low-cost carriers

Journal of Air Transport Management

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-40

  Fageda, Xavier ^a   Fernández Villadangos, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Airline competition; Airport capacity; Econometric analysis; Low cost carriers

Indexed keywords

AIRLINE INDUSTRY; AIRPORT; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); COMPETITIVENESS; MONOPOLY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 57449088842     PISSN: 09696997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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