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 consistent with the airlines operating under antitrust immunity …

The market developments in international air transportation have led to the dominance of three global airline alliances …-sharing joint ventures in international markets. Although the significant consumer benefits generated by airline cooperation are … effects of airline alliances and antitrust immunity with the economic lines of reasoning in recent policy actions to develop …

In the last two decades, airline alliances were not only successful in extending the size of their networks, but also …’ competitive strategies as well as productive efficiency. Using U.S. DOT T100 International Segment data and applying airline … implications for the balancing of competition and cooperation in transatlantic airline markets. …

This paper conducts an empirical analysis of the determinants of airline alliances. Well established airlines with … different alliance choices, suggests that the airline's major decision is not to choose a specific alliance, but rather …

Convenient scheduling, characterized by adequate flight frequency, is the main quality attribute for airline services …. However, the effect of airline alliances on this important dimension of service quality has received almost no attention in …

This paper explores, both theoretically and empirically, the impact of granting antitrust immunity (ATI) to airline …