International Airline Markets: On Government and Airline Contracts

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Adler ◽  
Benny Mantin
Keyword(s):  
Airline Markets ◽  
International Airline

Wettbewerbsprobleme durch Luftverkehrsallianzen - Marktöffnung ist vordringlich

2000 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Fichert
Keyword(s):  
Predatory Behavior ◽  
Allocation Mechanism ◽  
Airline Alliances ◽  
Airline Markets ◽  
Alliance Partners ◽  
International Airline

AbstractThe formation of international Airline Alliances can be beneficial to consumers but might also restrict competition in some markets, especially between hub-airports of the Alliance-partners. Competition authorities try to safeguard rivalry, e.g. by restricting the use of frequent-flier programs and by prohibiting predatory behavior. In this paper it is shown that a further opening of airline markets is inevitable. Restrictive bilateral aviation agreements should be replaced by open-skies agreements or a liberal agreement on a multilateral base. Also the “grandfathering” of slots has to be abolished and a market-based allocation mechanism should be established.

scholarly journals Physical and situational inequality on airplanes predicts air rage

2016 ◽  
Vol 113 (20) ◽  
pp. 5588-5591 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine A. DeCelles ◽  
Michael I. Norton
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Antisocial Behavior ◽  
Physical Design ◽  
Air Rage ◽  
Complete Set ◽  
Office Layouts ◽  
International Airline

We posit that the modern airplane is a social microcosm of class-based society, and that the increasing incidence of “air rage” can be understood through the lens of inequality. Research on inequality typically examines the effects of relatively fixed, macrostructural forms of inequality, such as socioeconomic status; we examine how temporary exposure to both physical and situational inequality, induced by the design of environments, can foster antisocial behavior. We use a complete set of all onboard air rage incidents over several years from a large, international airline to test our predictions. Physical inequality on airplanes—that is, the presence of a first class cabin—is associated with more frequent air rage incidents in economy class. Situational inequality—boarding from the front (requiring walking through the first class cabin) versus the middle of the plane—also significantly increases the odds of air rage in both economy and first class. We show that physical design that highlights inequality can trigger antisocial behavior on airplanes. More broadly, these results point to the importance of considering the design of environments—from airplanes to office layouts to stadium seating—in understanding both the form and emergence of antisocial behavior.

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