Air transport liberalization and its impacts on airline competition and air passenger traffic

Transportation Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 24-41

  Fu, Xiaowen ^a   Oum, Tae Hoon ^b   Zhang, Anming ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRLINE INDUSTRY; COMPETITIVENESS; GROWTH RATE; HUB AND SPOKE NETWORK; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; LIBERALIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; POLICY STRATEGY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TRANSPORTATION DEREGULATION; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

NORTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 78649818964     PISSN: 00411612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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