Impacts of flight delays on airline pricing: evidence from the US market

Impactos de atrasos nos preços de companhias aéreas: evidência norte-americana

Can air traffic delays affect airline prices? This is the research question asked by researcher Silke Forbes in her paper called “The Effect of Air Traffic Delays on Airline Prices” and published in the International Journal of Industrial Organization in 2008. The author concludes that, in the United States, prices fall on average $1.42 for each additional minute of flight delay. This work is a review of the important research carried out by the author.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.pesquisaemtransportes.net.br/relit/index.php/relit/article/view/jv2n1p3/29
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/22381031
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract used with permission of the Brazilian Transportation Planning Society (BTPS)
• Authors:
  • Bastos, Alexandre Luiz Dutra
• Publication Date: 2008-1

Language

• English
• Portuguese

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 39-60
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transport Literature
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Brazilian Transport Planning Society
  • ISSN: 2238-1031
  • Serial URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=2238-1031&lng=en&nrm=iso

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airlines; Flight delays; Literature reviews; Markets; Pricing
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Economics; Finance; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01495948
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 22 2013 11:28AM