Deregulation, privatization and shifting demand patterns in the airline industry, combined with the emergence of low-cost airlines and rising fuel prices have increased the competitive pressure on legacy airlines. Since alliances do not deliver sufficient benefits to counterbalance these trends, many airlines have engaged in mergers to seek for additional cost and revenue synergies. An extent b...

Airline companies has been incorporated various cooperation forms to handle risky situations arising from high competition level and gain sustainable competitive advantages. The aim of this research is reveal the transformation that strategic airline alliances joint ventures have, with their current situation. In research, which adopted qualitative design, semi-structured interviews were held t...

The airline industry has undergone significant changes following deregulation more than a decade ago. A prominent development in recent years has been the proliferation of airline alliances. An important question arises: are alliances cost savings or competition reducing? This paper addresses the first part of the question. However, the answer has bearing on the second part as well, since resul...

with respect to the importance of commercial alliances in airline hypercompetitive environment, partner performance evaluation is a critical matter before making any decision about partnership. in this article, utilizing fuzzy theory, a hybrid airline evaluation model is developed in a way that all airline performance strategic dimensions are considered, as well as, it can deal with qualitative...

The EC Commission has examined a number of airline alliances under EC competition law. Its general approach is to identify the relevant market(s), to assess the likely effect on competition in those markets and then to propose remedies/conditions. Remedies generally include those: concerning operations on the route(s); allowing competitors access to certain facilities; involving undertakings by...

Major airlines are selling increasing numbers of interline itineraries, in which flights operated by two or more airlines are combined and sold together. One reason for this increase is the rapid growth of airline alliances, which promote the purchase of interline itineraries and therefore virtually extend the reach of each alliance member’s network. This practice, however, creates a difficult ...

An airline alliance is a group of member airlines that seek to achieve the same goals through routes and airports. Hence, airports’ connectivity plays an essential role in understanding linkage between different markets, especially impact neighboring airports on focal airport network (AAAN) comprises as nodes edges. It could reflect clear collaborative proportion within AAAN competitive AAANs. ...

The paper proposes an empirical framework with endogenous ‡ight frequency and quantity decisions on an airline market. The framework is built around the hypothesis that passengers value not only the ticket price but also the cost of delay associated with an airline. At sample mean values, the cost of delay is estimated to account for 34% of the $280 full price of a seat on a ‡ight. Marketing al...