The impact of US-EU "Open Skies" agreement on airline market structures and airline networks

Journal of Air Transport Management

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 59-71

  Button, Kenneth ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airline alliances; Chicago Convention; European Union; Transatlantic

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRLINE INDUSTRY; BILATERAL AGREEMENT; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ECONOMIC IMPACT; EUROPEAN UNION; HUB AND SPOKE NETWORK; LIBERALIZATION; TRANSPORTATION DEREGULATION; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60449108270     PISSN: 09696997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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