4th Edition
Air Transport Economics From Theory to Applications
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface to the Fourth Edition
Foreword
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
1. Evolution of the Air Transport Industry
2. Principles of Economics with Applications in Air Transport
3. Supply, Demand, and Elasticity: Analysis in the Airline Industry
4. Cost and Production Analysis: The General Concepts
5. Competitive Market Structure and Monopolistic Markets
6. Hybrid Market Structure and the Aviation Industry
7. Forecasting in the Air Transport Industry
8. Dynamic Pricing Policy and Revenue Management
9. Ultra-Low-Cost and Low-Cost Airlines: Paradigm Shifts
10. Economics of Aviation Safety and Security
11. International Economics and Aviation
12. Air Traffic Liberalization and Global Alliances
13. Aviation Infrastructure: Operations and Ownership
14. Climate Change and the Contribution of Transport
List of Abbreviations
Glossary Of Terms
Answers to Selected Questions and Problems
Index
Biography
Bijan Vasigh is Professor of Economics and Finance in the College of Business at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida. He received a Ph.D. in Economics from the State University of New York and has published many articles concerning the aviation industry.
Brian Pearce is Honorary Professor at University College London Bartlett School’s Air Transportation Systems Laboratory and also a Visiting Professor at the Centre for Air Transport Management at Cranfield University. He previously served as the Chief Economist of the International Air Transport Association's (IATA).
