The airline industry's current financial crisis has raised concerns over the ramifications of airline bankruptcies for … air service offered, not the number of flights offered by a particular airline. We study all major U.S. airline … recognizing that competing airlines may increase service in response to a reduction in flights by a bankrupt airline. We do not …

downstream competition, which implies that only low cost firms survive. We find that a sufficiently high floor on bids promotes …

This papers analyzes dispersion in the prices that an airline charges to different customers on the same route. Such … variation in airlines fares is substantial: the expected absolute difference in fares between two of an airline's passengers on … a route averages thirty-six percent of the airline's average ticket price on the route. The pattern of price dispersion …

This paper models the international competition between a domestic firm and its vertically integrated foreign rival …

Since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, repeated airport closures due to potential security breaches have … irregular operations. Our results indicate that while outcomes of flights scheduled during airport closures are difficult to … likelihood of continued security-related airport closings, understanding the factors that determine schedule recovery is …

last decade. More than 30 years after domestic airline markets were deregulated, the dismal financial record is a puzzle …, analysts, and researchers -- including high taxes and fuel costs, weak demand, and competition from lower-cost airlines …

public policy issues facing the industry: (a) the sustainability of competition and volatility of airline profits, (b …Following a brief review of the U.S. domestic airline industry under regulation (1938-1978), we study the changes that … have occurred in pricing, service, and competition in the 28 years since deregulation. We then examine some of the major …

. The turmoil in the U.S. airline industry has triggered much of the public policy discussion, as some observers have argued … and their rivals. The data suggest that an airline's prices typically decline somewhat before it files for bankruptcy … bankrupt airline lower their prices, however, nor that they lose passengers to their bankrupt rival. These results indicate …