Zou, Bo; Elke, Matthew; Hansen, Mark; Kafle, Nabin - In: Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 59 (2014) C, pp. 306-330
We employ ratio-based, deterministic, and stochastic frontier approaches to investigate fuel efficiency among 15 large jet operators (mainline airlines) in the US. Given the hub-and-spoke routing structure and the consequent affiliation between mainline and regional carriers, we consider not...