The Evolution of the US Airline Industry Theory, Strategy and Policy
by
Ben-Yosef, Eldad. author.
Title
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The Evolution of the US Airline Industry Theory, Strategy and Policy
Author
:
Ben-Yosef, Eldad. author.
ISBN
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9780387242422
Personal Author
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Ben-Yosef, Eldad. author.
Physical Description
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X, 298 p. online resource.
Series
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Studies in Industrial Organization, 25
Contents
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Economic Deregulation -- Deregulation -- Aircraft -- Destructive Competition -- Noise And Safety Regulation -- Social Regulation -- Noise Regulation -- Safety Regulation -- Overview -- Competition -- Yield Management -- What Next? -- On Theory and Policy Implications.
Abstract
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For over three decades the airline industry has continued to maintain a high profile in the public mind and in public policy interest. This high profile is probably not surprising. There does seem to be something inherently newsworthy about airplanes and the people and companies that fly them. The industry was one of the first major industries in the United States to undergo deregulation, in 1978. It thereby transitioned from a closely regulated sector (the former Civil Aeronautics Board tightly controlled everyt thing from prices to routes to entry) to one that is largely market oriented. The incumbent carriers transformed themselves from the point-to-point operators that the CAB had required to the hub-and-spokes structures that took better advantage of their network characteristics. Further, they transformed their pricing from the quite simple structures that the CAB had required to the highly differentiated/segmented pricing structures (“yield management”) that reached an apogee in the late 1990s. Some ca arriers, like American, Delta, and United, were better at this transition; others, like Pan American, TWA, and Eastern, were not. What the incumbent carriers did not do, however, was deal with their costly wage and work rules structures, which were an enduring legacy of their regulatory period. This legacy, when combined with the high-fare end of the yield-management pricing structure, has made them vulnerable to entry by new carriers with lower cost structures.
Subject Term
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Economics.
Aeronautics -- Law and legislation.
Economic policy.
Industrial organization (Economic theory).
Environmental economics.
Commercial law.
Economics/Management Science.
Industrial Organization.
Law and Economics.
Air and Space Law.
Added Corporate Author
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SpringerLink (Online service)
Electronic Access
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Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Status |
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IYTE Library | E-Book | 504283-1001 | HD28 -70 | Online Springer |