Air services on thin routes: Regional versus low-cost airlines

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 702-714

  Fageda, Xavier ^a   Flores Fillol, Ricardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air transportation; Low cost business model; Regional jet technology; Thin markets

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; EUROPEAN UNION; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY;

EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860517473     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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