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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449782203321

Autore

Doganis Rigas.

Titolo

The airline business / / Rigas Doganis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2006

ISBN

9780415346142

1-134-28102-1

1-280-24759-2

9786610247592

0-203-59680-3

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Classificazione

83.67

Altri autori (Persone)

DoganisRigas

Disciplina

387.7/09/0511

Soggetti

Airlines

Airlines - Management

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. ed. of: The airline business in the twenty-first century. 2001.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-301) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Beyond the crisis : trends and challenges -- Towards 'open skies' -- Beyond 'open skies' -- Alliances : a response to uncertainty or an economic necessity? -- Labour is the key -- The low-cost revolution -- E-commerce@airlines.co -- State-owned airlines : a dying species or a suitable case for treatment? -- Strategies for survival in the twenty-first century.

Beyond the crisis : trends and challenges -- Towards "open skies" -- Beyond "open skies" -- Alliances : a response to uncertainty or an economic necessity? -- Labour is the key -- The "low-cost" revolution -- E-commerce@airlines.co -- State-owned airlines : a dying breed or a suitable case for treatment? -- Strategies for survival in the 21st century.

Sommario/riassunto

The airline industry is currently faced with its longest and deepest crisis to date: many airlines are losing hundred of millions of US dollars, several have collapsed entirely and others have been rescued by their governments. This crisis has been precipitated by external shocks such as the attack on the Twin Towers in New York, the invasion of Iraq and the SARS epidemic. In addition, the effect of these events has been



exacerbated by dynamic and potentially destabilizing internal developments. Comprehensive and thorough, this revealing book gives a detailed analysis of the c