Airport-airline vertical relationships, their effects and regulatory policy implications

Journal of Air Transport Management

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 347-353

  Fu, Xiaowen ^a   Homsombat, Winai ^a   Oum, Tae H ^b,c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airport economics; Airport airline relationship; Vertical cooperation

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; AIRLINE INDUSTRY; AIRPORT; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); COMPETITIVENESS; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; HUB AND SPOKE NETWORK; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SERVICE PROVISION; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 79958296552     PISSN: 09696997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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