Purpose–This paper seeks to examine the relationships between knowledge capability,
strategic change, and firm performance in the US airline industry from regulation to …

The literature on airlines presents few studies analyzing the airlines network evolution. We
believe that this gap is due to the difficulty of capturing the network complexity in a simple …

This paper studies airline networks and their welfare implications in an unregulated
environment. Competing airlines may adopt either fully-connected (FC) or hub-and-spoke …

This paper investigates the role of airport congestion delays in the network choice of a
monopoly airline. By comparing a hub-and-spoke network (HS), a point-to-point network …

We analyze the behavior of airlines in terms of route structure choice using a differentiated
duopoly model that accounts for congestion externalities, passenger benefits from increased …

Numerous studies have explored airline competition on routes, with a limited focus on
competition in route portfolios at hub airports. Route control regulations influence this …

This paper investigates a monopoly airline's incentive to adopt a multi-hub (2-hub) network
from the perspective of horizontal product differentiation. We find that: when both extra travel …

Network airlines have increasingly focused their operations on hub airports through the
exploitation of connecting traffic. However, in this paper we show that they may also have …

Over a 22-year period the US signed 108 bilateral “Open Skies Agreements” that
significantly liberalized international trade in passenger aviation services. We study how …

Many passengers experience nervousness and/or anxiety when they fly and, on average,
they make fewer trips than those who are not afraid. This might reduce airline revenues and …