This paper develops a measurement framework that synthesizes the airline and strategy literature to identify relevant … dimensions and elements of airline business models. The applicability of this framework for describing airline strategies and … structures and, based on this conceptualization, for assessing the potential convergence of airline business models over time is …

Based on a sample of 26 European passenger airlines, this study analyzes the development of airline business models … convergence trend. The present paper complements the mostly qualitative and anecdotal literature on convergence in the airline … the fields of empirical convergence analysis and corresponding strategic airline management. …