Air transport liberalization and airport slot allocation: The case of the Northeast Asian transport market

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 3-19

  Adler, Nicole ^a   Fu, Xiaowen ^b   Oum, Tae H ^c   Yu, Chunyan ^d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airlines; Competition; High speed rail; Network game; North East Asia; Slot allocation

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRPORTS; COMMERCE; COMPETITION; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

CONSUMER UTILITIES; EAST ASIA; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HIGH SPEED RAIL; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT; NETWORK GAME; SLOT ALLOCATION;

TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRLINE INDUSTRY; AIRPORT; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HIGH-SPEED TRAIN; LIBERALIZATION; MODEL TEST; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

NORTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 84897104853     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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