The economics of airline institutions, operations and marketing / edited by Darin Lee.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- Chapter 1 Institutions, Regulation, and the Evolution of European Air Transport -- ABSTRACT -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 EUROPEAN NETWORK STRUCTURE BEFORE DEREGULATION -- 3 THE IMPACT OF AIRLINE ALLIANCES -- 4 THE EFFECT OF OPEN SKIES AGREEMENTS -- 5 THE IMPACT OF EUROPEAN DEREGULATION -- 6 THE ROLE OF A COMMON ATLANTIC AVIATION AREA -- 7 THE INTERACTION BETWEEN AIRPORT OPERATIONS AND AIRLINE DEREGULATION -- 8 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 Wage Determination in the US Airline Industry: Union Power Under Product Market Constraints -- ABSTRACT -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 AIRLINE LABOR COSTS OVER TIME -- 3 WAGE DIFFERENTIALS IN THE AIR TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY: MEASUREMENT AND DATA -- 4 EARNINGS IN AIR TRANSPORTATION AND AMONG COMPARISON GROUPS: DESCRIPTIVE EVIDENCE -- 5 EARNINGS DIFFERENTIAL ESTIMATES IN THE AIR TRANSPORT INDUSTRY AND BY AIRLINE CRAFT -- 6 WAGE DIFFERENCES ACROSS AIRLINES: DO REGIONAL AIRLINE WAGES APPROXIMATE OPPORTUNITY COSTS? -- 7 THE FUTURE -- OPPORTUNITY COST WAGES OR UNION WAGE CYCLING? -- APPENDIX -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 Toward Rational Pricing of the US Airport and Airways System -- ABSTRACT -- 1 INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW -- 2 EXISTING TAX AND FEE SYSTEM -- 3 THE COST OF AIRPORT AND AIRWAYS -- 4 BASIC PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING A NEW PRICING SYSTEM -- 5 DEFINING THE NEW SYSTEM -- 6 EXAMPLE OF LAGUARDIA AIRPORT -- 7 CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Chapter 4 An Interpretative Survey of Analytical Models of Airport Pricing -- ABSTRACT -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 THE TRADITIONAL APPROACH TO AIRPORT PRICING -- 3 THE VERTICAL STRUCTURE APPROACH TO AIRPORT PRICING -- 4 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN APPROACHES -- 5 PRICING OF AIRPORT NETWORKS -- 6 CONCLUSIONS AND FURTHER RESEARCH -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 What if the European Airline Industry had Deregulated in 1979?: A Counterfactual Dynamic Simulation -- ABSTRACT -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY HISTORY -- 3 THE DYNAMIC INDUSTRY MODEL -- 4 DATA -- 5 SIMULATION RESULTS -- 6 CONCLUSIONS, LIMITATIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 State Aid to European Airlines: A critical Analysis of the Framework and its Application -- ABSTRACT -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 AIR TRANSPORT SECTOR AND STATE AID IN EUROPE -- 3 STATE AID POLICY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION -- 4 STATE AID POLICY IN THE AIRLINE SECTOR -- 5 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 The Implications of the Commercialization of Air Transport Infrastructure -- ABSTRACT -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 PRESSURE FOR COMMERCIALIZATION -- 3 NATURE OF COMMERCIALIZATION -- 4 IMPACTS OF COMMERCIALIZATION -- 5 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 The Role of Regional Airlines in the US Airline Industry -- ABSTRACT -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 THE ROLE OF REGIONAL AIRLINES -- 3 HISTORY -- 4 RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MAJORS AND REGIONALS -- 5 THE INTRODUCTION OF THE REGIONAL JET -- 6 LOOKING FORWARD -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 Airport Substitution by Travelers: Why Do We Have to Drive to Fly? -- ABSTRACT -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 LITERATURE REVIEW -- 3 THE IMPLICATIONS OF AIRPORT SUBSTITUTION FOR COMPETITION AND PERFORMANCE -- 4 EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS --T$10.

The second in a new series of books on the economics of the airline industry. The series is comprised of a collection of original, cutting-edge, research papers from an international panel of distinguished contributors. Volume 2 focuses on topics related to the economics of airline institutions (i.e., airports, air traffic control, labor), operations and marketing. *Up-to-date collection of articles covering recent developments in the airline industry. *International panel of distinguished contributors.

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