Global airlines : competition in a transnational industry / Pat Hanlon.

ISBN:

9780750664394

Title:

Author:

Hanlon, J. P. (James Patrick), 1942-

Personal Author:

Hanlon, J. P. (James Patrick), 1942-

Edition:

3rd. ed.

Publication Information:

Amsterdam : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007.

Physical Description:

xvii, 370 p : ill. , maps ; 24 cm.

General Note:

Previous ed. 1999.

Contents:

Introduction -- The airline industry -- Competition issues -- Route networks -- Scheduling through hubs -- Pricing power -- Mergers and alliances -- Transnational airlines.

Subject Term:

Aeronautics, Commercial.

Competition, International.

Format:

Books

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Publication Date:

2007

Publication Information:

Amsterdam : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007.

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Global Airlines: Competition in a Transnational Industry presents an overview of the changing scene in air transport covering current issues such as security, no frills airlines, 'open skies' agreements, the outcome of the recent downturn in economic activity and the emergence of transnational airlines, and takes a forward looking view of these challenges for the industry. Since the publication of the second edition in 1999 major changes have occurred in the industry. The 'rules of the game' in air transport are now beginning to change; and it is time to take the story forward. This third edition contains nine new chapters and tackles the following issues amongst others: * Security: The tragic events of 11 September 2001, followed by the war in Iraq, and the resultant heightened tensions over security and passenger safety. * Financial instability: the cyclical downturn in economic activity has led some airlines to the verge of bankruptcy. Even some large well-established carriers are not immune from this. How can the industry look to survive? * Attaining global reach: implications of transborder mergers, open skies agreements and the transatlantic Common Aviation area. Can full globalisation ever be reached? * Low-cost carriers and e-commerce: as both increase, how much the industry re-structure and deal with issues associated with increased passenger traffic and decreased labour requirements? * Airport capacity: Air traffic is estimated to grow at a long-term average annual rate of 5 per cent per annum. But many airports in many parts of the world are already reaching their capacity limits. How can this be overcome and are the environmental implications? Using up to date data and case studies from major international airlines such as United Airlines, British Airways, and Qantas amongst many others, Global Airlines provides a comprehensive insight into today's global airline industry.

Author Notes

Pat Hanlon is at the School of Business, University of Birmingham, UK. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Transport and Logistics, and a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Air Transport Management

List of figures	p. vii
List of tables	p. x
Preface to the third edition	p. xiii
Preface to the second edition	p. xv
Preface to the first edition	p. xvi
1 Introduction	p. 1
2 The airline industry	p. 11
2.1 Airlines around the world	p. 11
2.2 Demand for air travel	p. 19
2.3 Factors affecting airline operating costs	p. 37
2.4 Financial performance of the industry	p. 48
2.5 Full-service versus low-cost	p. 57
3 Competition issues	p. 63
3.1 The regulation versus competition debate	p. 63
3.2 Contestable markets	p. 73
3.3 Loyalty schemes in airline marketing	p. 84
3.4 Sales distribution	p. 107
3.5 Increasing concentration	p. 113
4 Route networks	p. 123
4.1 Network patterns	p. 123
4.2 Freedoms of the air	p. 129
4.3 Accidents of geography	p. 137
4.4 Europe compared with the US	p. 143
4.5 Regional services	p. 148
4.6 Extending marketable networks	p. 156
5 Scheduling through hubs	p. 183
5.1 Co-ordination of flight activity	p. 183
5.2 Online and interline connections	p. 188
5.3 Quality of connections	p. 197
5.4 Effects on airline operating costs	p. 208
5.5 Effects on airports	p. 211
5.6 Effects on passengers	p. 228
5.7 The future of hubbing	p. 234
6 Pricing power	p. 239
6.1 Variations in fare levels	p. 239
6.2 Price discrimination	p. 246
6.3 How airlines do it: yield management	p. 249
6.4 Discrimination and competition	p. 260
6.5 Predatory pricing	p. 262
6.6 Exclusionary behaviour	p. 278
7 Mergers and alliances	p. 287
7.1 Mergers and acquisitions within national boundaries	p. 287
7.2 Cross-border acquisitions	p. 298
7.3 Alliance patterns	p. 302
7.4 Experience of alliances	p. 314
7.5 Pro- and anti-competitive effects	p. 316
8 Transnational airlines	p. 323
8.1 Are airlines losing their nationalities?	p. 323
8.2 Bilateral, multilateral, and plurilateral approaches to route Access	p. 328
8.3 A global competition authority?	p. 331
8.4 Towards global airlines	p. 334
Recommendations for further reading	p. 339
References	p. 343
Index	p. 355

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