Can long-haul low-cost airlines be successful?

Research in Transportation Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-67

  Morrell, Peter ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airline operations; Long haul air services; Low cost airline viability

Indexed keywords

EID: 65049092332     PISSN: 07398859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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