Legend Airlines: American Airlines Worst Nightmare?

Predatory Incentives and Predation Policy: The American Airlines Case∗

Two major issues have led courts and antitrust enforcers to take a highly skeptical view when assessing claims of anticompetitive predation. First, predation is an inherently dynamic and strategic phenomenon but the practical tools available to identify predatory behavior are based on a static, competitive view of markets. Second, there is understandable concern about the potential distortionar...

Empty Cores in Airlines Markets

The air transport sector has never been consistently profitable. Further the true nature of the air transport market has long been hidden beneath a maze of regulations and controls. These have to some extent been gradually relaxed in many markets over the past twenty years, at least as far as operations are concerned. Fixed infrastructure, however, remains heavily regulated. There still remains...

Customer Satisfaction At Low Cost Airlines: A Case Study Of Jetstar Pacific Airlines (JPA)

The appearance of LCA model in recent decades has rapidly penetrated into airline markets. Passengers have more options for their travel. Many people believe that low fares mean low quality. However, some of them argue that LCA can deliver good quality as FCA does. LCA providers always find ways to prove to their customers that it offers low prices but not low quality. Many studies have been ex...

A father's worst nightmare.

Operation Cost Control Strategies for Airlines

The purpose of this study is to explore the ranking of international airlines operation cost control strategies based on empirical studies of an international full-service airlines operation in Taiwan. Cost control has become more and more important for airlines in recent years, especially after experiencing a severe increase in crude oil prices and the 2008 serious financial crisis. In this st...