This paper provides an interpretive review of recent research, concentrating on three areas
where new and important insights have been derived during the last years. We present the …

Global Airlines: Competition in a Transnational Industry presents an overview of the
changing scene in air transport covering current issues such as security, no frills …

International airline alliances allow airlines to coordinate their operations in providing
international service. This paper analyzes the effect of such alliances on traffic levels, fares …

This paper provides evidence on the effect of international airline alliances on fares. The
main finding is that alliance partners charge interline fares that are approximately 25 percent …

Recently, major airlines have been extending their service networks via strategic alliances
with other airlines as a means of forming global service networks. This theoretical analysis …

This paper analyzes the effects of cooperation between a hub-and-spoke airline and a high-
speed rail (HSR) operator when the hub airport may be capacity-constrained. We find that …

This paper provides empirical evidence showing the effect of airline cooperation on the
interline fares paid by international passengers. The analysis focuses on two measures of …

As “open skies” agreements became more common among different countries and thus
began to open up international routes to further competition, the global airline industry has …

The global growth of tourism has been matched by the significant growth in transport
networks. In many ways, transport and tourism can be considered mutually dependent …

In this paper, we investigate empirically the effect of two domestic airline alliances. We find
that both alliances benefited consumers—average fares fell by about 5–7 percent after the …