Aviation operations are challenged by diverse unexpected disruptions that lead to prohibitive recovery costs, and hence enhancing the robustness of airline planning becomes of paramount importance. An effective approach should be improving the flexibility, i.e., the possibilities to swap...

Numerous studies on the aviation industry have confirmed that significant benefits can be brought by liberalizing the international market. After a comprehensive review of the recent studies on this issue, Fu and Oum (2014) concluded that there is strong evidence that liberalisation introduces...