This paper highlights how particular characteristics of air travel markets impact key dimensions of predatory pricing investigations. The paper suggests that product complementarity, product differentiation and the existence of internally flexible capacity create particular challenges in...

In this paper, we apply insights from the economics of franchise contracts to the governance of airports and the evolution of airport policy in Canada. Some aspects of the devolution of airports in Canada could be consistent with a ‘public franchise’ approach to airport policy. An...

This note considers the degree of complementarity of non-aviation activities to airside activities at airports in relation to airport governance and regulation. A simple economic model of airport operations is employed to draw the distinction between complementary and non-complementary...

Our focus is the evolution of business strategies and network structure decisions in the commercial passenger aviation industry. The paper reviews the growth of hub-and-spoke networks as the dominant business model following deregulation in the latter part of the 20th century, followed by the...