Airlines within airlines: Assessing the vulnerabilities of mixing business models

Research in Transportation Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-35

  Gillen, David ^a   Gados, Alicja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airline within airline; LCC; Legacy carrier; New business models

Indexed keywords

EID: 65049086133     PISSN: 07398859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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