Calculating load factors for the transatlantic airline market using supply and demand data - A note on the identification of gaps in the available airline statistics

Journal of Air Transport Management

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 337-343

  Devriendt, Lomme ^a   Burghouwt, Guillaume ^b   Derudder, Ben ^a   de Wit, Jaap ^b   Witlox, Frank ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Airline statistics; Load factors; MIDT data; Transatlantic aviation market

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRLINE INDUSTRY; DATA SET; DATABASE; MARKETING; TRAVEL DEMAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 69249214172     PISSN: 09696997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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