Airlines-within-airlines: A business model moving East

Journal of Air Transport Management

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 21-26

  Pearson, James ^a   Merkert, Rico ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airlines within airlines; Competition; Low cost carriers; Strategy; Subsidiaries

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AUTONOMY; BUSINESS; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; MODELING; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC RIM;

EID: 84899945704     PISSN: 09696997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2013.12.014     Document Type: Article

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