Airline choices for the future: From alliances to mergers

Airline Choices for the Future: From Alliances to Mergers

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-221

  Iatrou, Kostas ^a   Oretti, Mauro ^b  

^a Air Consulting Group   (Greece)

^b Alliance Development at Alitalia   (Italy)

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