From January 1992 to June 1995, the number of code-sharing alliances between US and foreign airlines more than tripled, increasing from 19 to 65. This paper examines the impacts of these alliances on airlines and consumers and is drawn largely from our recent report on code-sharing.11The views...

This paper offers the first formal economic analysis of carve-outs under airline antitrust immunity. Carve-outs are designed to limit the potential anticompetitive effects of cooperation by alliance partners in hub-to-hub markets, where they provide overlapping nonstop service. While the paper...

Cieľom predkladaného článku je teoreticky vymedziť liberalizáciu leteckej dopravy s poukázaním na aktuálne trendy a možný budúci vývoj. Po krátkom úvode nasleduje grafický model liberalizácie znázornený prostredníctvom kriviek ponuky a dopytu. Druhá časť charakterizuje tri...

Purpose – This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and...

This paper examines the issue of market foreclosure by airline partnerships with antitrust immunity. Overlapping the data on frequency of service and passenger volumes on nonstop routes on the transatlantic airline market with the information on dynamics of airline partnerships, we find evidence...

In the last two decades, airline alliances were not only successful in extending the size of their networks, but also received approvals by public authorities to intensify their cooperation through to merger-like revenue-sharing joint ventures (JVs). We empirically investigate the impact of the...

Abstract Much of the literature on airline cooperation focuses on the price effects of cooperation. A key contribution of our paper is to empirically examine the product quality effects of airline cooperation. Two common types of cooperation among airlines involve international alliances and...