Airline pricing under different market conditions: Evidence from European Low-Cost Carriers

Tourism Management

Volumn 47, Issue , 2015, Pages 152-163

  Bilotkach, Volodymyr ^a   Gaggero, Alberto A ^b   Piga, Claudio A ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic pricing; EasyJet; Panel data; Ryanair; Yield management

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRLINE INDUSTRY; LEISURE INDUSTRY; PANEL DATA; PRICE DYNAMICS; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 84908006433     PISSN: 02615177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2014.09.015     Document Type: Article

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