Airlines were among the first of the major infrastructure industries to be deregulated, with the promulgation of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978. In that legislation, Congress took the unprecedented step of sunsetting a major regulatory agency - the Civil Aeronautics Board, which had been...

Harmonising Regulatory and Antitrust Regimes for International Air Transport addresses the timely and problematic issue of lack of uniformity in legal standards for international civil aviation.First, it focuses on discrepancies within the regulatory and antitrust framework and possible...

This article examines the tortuous path from economic regulation, to deregulation and liberalization, to consolidation and collusion. It examines several elements of antitrust and competition law and policy, including mergers and acquisitions, coordination of pricing and service between...

This essay is divided into several sections:1. The first is theintroduction.2. In the second, we examine the empirical evidence of predatory conduct. We examine how major airlines behave in three scenarios: (1) major airline vs. major airline; (2) major airline vs. Southwest Airlines; and (3)...