Grounded: Characterising the market exit of european low cost airlines

Journal of Air Transport Management

Volumn 34, Issue , 2014, Pages 78-85

  Budd, Lucy ^a   Francis, Graham ^a   Humphreys, Ian ^a   Ison, Stephen ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Europe; Low cost carriers (LCCs); Market exit

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRLINE INDUSTRY; LIBERALIZATION; MARKET CONDITIONS; MARKET DEVELOPMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 84888822894     PISSN: 09696997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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