The Evolution of the Us Airline Industry: Theory, Strategy and Policy

by Eldad Ben-Yosef

Book Overview

Fierce competition between Airbus and Boeing and plummeting new aircraft prices in the early 2000s fueled low-cost competition of unprecedented scope that destroyed the old business model. This book discusses the evolution of the hub-and-spoke network system and the associated price discrimination strategy, as the post-deregulation dominant business model of the major incumbent airlines and its breakdown in the early 2000s. The book debates the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387242139
• ISBN13: 9780387242132
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.8"