Tsoukalas, Gerassimos; Belobaba, Peter; Swelbar, William - In: Journal of Air Transport Management 14 (2008) 4, pp. 179-187
Recent changes in the strategies of US airlines have led to a convergence of unit costs between the network legacy carriers and low-cost carriers. We develop a methodology for breaking down operating cost data reported by the airlines and argue that certain cost categories must be excluded to...