Flight delay impact on airfare and flight frequency: A comprehensive assessment

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 54-74

  Zou, Bo ^a   Hansen, Mark ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^b 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Airfare; Airlines; Delay; Empirical analysis; Flight frequency

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION;

AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; AIRFARE; COMPETITION EFFECTS; COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT; DELAY; DEMAND CHARACTERISTICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FLIGHT DELAYS; FLIGHT FREQUENCY; ORIGIN DESTINATION;

AIR TRANSPORTATION;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903558278     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2014.05.016     Document Type: Article

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