TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract This chapter considers the productivity of 77 airlines between 1980 and 2013. We do so by estimating a stochastic frontier and decomposing the total factor productivity growth into efficiency, technical and scale efficiency change. Our results show that, on average, airlines increased productivity over the period but that, while efficiency and technical change improved, scale efficiency results indicate that the average airline moved away from the most productive scale size. This was especially so in the two decades after 1980. Comparisons between geographical areas, business models, networks and alliances are also made.
VL  - 8
SN  - 978-1-78973-282-5, 978-1-78973-281-8/2212-1609
DO  - 10.1108/S2212-160920190000008005
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S2212-160920190000008005
AU  - Martini Gianmaria
AU  - Scotti Davide
AU  - Volta Nicola
PY  - 2019
Y1  - 2019/01/01
TI  - Global Airline Productivity, 1980–2013
T2  - Airline Economics in Europe
T3  - Advances in Airline Economics
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 91
EP  - 116
Y2  - 2024/05/13
ER  -