Effects of transport service differentiation in the US domestic airline market

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 297-305

  Fu, Xiaowen ^a   Dresner, Martin ^b   Oum, Tae H ^c,d  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Almost ideal demand system; Low cost carrier; Product differentiation

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; COMMERCE; COSTS; PUBLIC POLICY;

AIRLINE COSTS; ALMOST IDEAL DEMAND SYSTEM; DOMESTIC AIRLINES; FULL-SERVICE AIRLINES; LOW-COST CARRIERS; PRICE RESPONSE; PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION; RESPONSE EQUATIONS; SERVICE DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSPORT SERVICES;

COMPETITION;

AIRLINE INDUSTRY; ALMOST IDEAL DEMAND SYSTEM; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); PRICE DYNAMICS; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79251644175     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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