Airlines on average spend 10%-15% of their total operating cost on aircraft maintenance. Most of the airlines conduct … chronic challenge with airlines is assigning light maintenance checks to the hangars while achieving a balanced utilization of … in terms of increasing/decreasing manpower needs. An airline application reveals that the model can help airlines with …

Airlines on average spend 10%-15% of their total operating cost on aircraft maintenance checks. Many airlines conduct … help airlines with scheduling their in-house light maintenance checks to achieve a high and even utilization of manpower …/decreasing manpower capacities at each hangar. The model is applied to 3 US and 2 European airlines with encouraging results. …

country attributes and service quality are positively linked to purchase intention in the case of Tigerair Mandala Airlines …

particular, we are interested in merger effects in markets where the merging airlines directly competed prior to their merger. We … the merging airlines competed prior to merger. We also find evidence of marginal cost efficiencies associated with both … case of the Delta/Northwest merger, efficiencies come from markets where the merging airlines competed prior to the merger …

decisions. A quality disclosure mandate such as the On-Time Disclosure Rule in the U.S. that requires airlines to provide … information on the quality of their products can be beneficial, but can also be counterproductive if it encourages airlines to act … deceptively by “gaming” the system. If airlines care about public perceptions of their on-time record, they have an incentive to …