Convenient scheduling, characterized by adequate flight frequency, is the main quality attribute for airline services …. However, the effect of airline alliances on this important dimension of service quality has received almost no attention in …

This paper investigates strategic interaction among airlines in product-quality choices. Using an instrumental … variables approach, the paper estimates flight-frequency reaction functions, which relate an airline's frequency on a route to … its own characteristics and to the frequencies of competing airlines. A positive reaction function slope is found in some …

We investigate whether legacy U.S. airlines communicated via earnings calls to coordinate with other legacy airlines in … among airlines about their capacity choices. Estimates from our preferred specification show that when all legacy airlines … reduction materializes only when airlines communicate concurrently, and that it cannot be explained by other possibilities …

This paper provides theory and evidence on airline bag fees, offering insights into a real-world case of product … unbundling. The theory predicts that an airlineś fares should fall when it introduces a bag fee, but that the full trip price …

Airline fuel consumption is costly for the firms and for society as well due to a climate-change externality. We study … how fuel price changes affect cost-minimizing choices by airlines that have implications for the extent of this … externality. The airline industry's capital stock can be easily inventoried as a set of long-lived, durable aircraft. This …