Air transport liberalization and its effects on airline competition and traffic growth - An overview

Advances in Airline Economics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages 11-44

  Fu, Xiaowen ^a   Oum, Tae Hoon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air liberalization; Airline competition; Airport airline vertical arrangements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84917741063     PISSN: 22121609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S2212-160920140000004000     Document Type: Chapter

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