Competitive effects of the airlines-within-airlines strategy - Pricing and route entry patterns

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-16

  Homsombat, Winai ^a   Lei, Zheng ^b   Fu, Xiaowen ^c  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airline competition; Airlines within Airlines strategy; Full service airline; Low cost carrier

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COSTS;

AIRLINE COMPETITION; AIRLINE GROUPS; AIRLINE PRICING; AIRLINE ROUTES; AIRLINE-WITHIN-AIRLINE STRATEGY; COMPETITIVE EFFECTS; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; FULL-SERVICE AIRLINES; LOW-COST CARRIERS; QANTAS AIRWAYS;

AIR TRANSPORTATION;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRLINE INDUSTRY; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); CORPORATE STRATEGY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84892543586     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2013.12.008     Document Type: Article

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