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Benefits of Alliances and Joint Ventures
Research discussing potential for pro-competitive efficiency gains and benefits for consumers from airline alliances and joint ventures.
- Market & Industry Issues
- Business Models
Impact of Japan Earthquake
Analysis of the economic and air transport market impact of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.
- Market & Industry Issues
- Shocks
Revisiting Alliances
by Jan Brueckner, Darin Lee and Ethan Singer; Do airline alliances lead to lower fares for passengers or do they do more harm than good?
- Market & Industry Issues
- Business Models
Impact of Ash Plume
Analysis of the impact on industry operations and revenues from the eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano in April 2010.
- Market & Industry Issues
- Shocks
Network vs. LCC competition and airfares: New US empirical evidence
by Prof. Jan K. Bruechner, Dr Darin Lee and Ethan Singer; When considering airline mergers, both the US Department of Justice and European Commission have relied on published studies from the 1990s which suggest based on the market structure of that time there can be adverse competitive effects from reducing the number of network airlines on a given route. This note describes a new comprehensive research study that now shows the structure of the US domestic market has changed dramatically in the past decade.
- Market & Industry Issues
- Competition
Understanding airport benchmarking
by Michael Tretheway and Ian Kincaid, InterVISTAS; Rising infrastructure charges are another current challenge and this essay looks at airport benchmarking, an important tool to spur efficiency and pricing improvements where the market or regulator is ineffective. Michael Tretheway and Ian Kincaid take the reader through some of the pitfalls.
- Public Policy Issues
- Infrastructure
Airlines Financial Monitor - March 2010
Monthly review of the industry financial performance.
- Market Developments
- Airlines Financial Monitor
Airline Fuel & Labour Costs
Analysis of airline financial data to 2008 shows the trends in fuel and labour costs. Fuel remains the largest cost category, with regional variation.
- Market & Industry Issues
- Cost
Airline Profitability - Size and Business Model
Analysis of the 2008 results for 233 major airlines shows that record fuel prices and the impact of the great recession hit profitability across scale and business model.
- Market & Industry Issues
- Profitability
Preparing for a more competitive airports sector
by Nick Fincham and Alina Jardine-Goad, UK CAA; Any mechanism to inject competitive pressures into the airports sector would produce better outcomes for airline and their customers. The breakup of BAA's ownership of the London and lowland Scotland airports is a welcome first step. However, the nature of the market power remaining in the airports market is still likely to require economic regulation rather than reliance on Competition Law.
- Public Policy Issues
- Infrastructure