Barriers to entry into European aviation markets revisited: A review and analysis of managerial perceptions

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 58-69

  Kappes, Jan Willem ^a   Merkert, Rico ^b  

^a Hahn Air Systems   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airline management; Contestability; Market entry barriers

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

AIRLINE MANAGEMENT; BUSINESS MODELS; CONTESTABILITY; ENTRY BARRIERS; EUROPEAN AIRLINES; EUROPEAN SINGLE MARKET; HIGH SPEED RAIL; MANAGEMENT LEVEL; MARKET ENTRY BARRIERS; RAIL LINKS;

AIR TRANSPORTATION;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRLINE INDUSTRY; HIGH-SPEED TRAIN; MARKET CONDITIONS; PERCEPTION; RAILWAY TRANSPORT;

EUROPE;

EID: 84880332348     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2013.01.006     Document Type: Article

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