Airlines-within-airlines strategies and existence of low-cost carriers

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 637-651

  Lin, Ming Hsin ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airline network; Airlines within airlines; Low cost carriers; Product differentiation; Schedule competition

Indexed keywords

COSTS;

AIRLINE-WITHIN-AIRLINE; AIRLINES NETWORKS; COST DIVISIONS; LOW-COST CARRIERS; LOW-COSTS; NON-STOP SERVICE; ONE STOP; PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION; SCHEDULE COMPETITION; TIME COST;

AIR TRANSPORTATION;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRLINE INDUSTRY; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MONOPOLY;

EID: 84855172831     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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