This paper reviews literature and management perspectives on airline mergers and
acquisitions. We find that M&A/consolidation is seen as a “game-changer” and mandatory to …

The rapid development of the aviation industry has brought about the deterioration of the
climate, which makes airline efficiency become a hot issue of social concern. As an …

This book covers recent advances in efficiency evaluations, most notably Data Envelopment
Analysis (DEA) and Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) methods. It introduces the underlying …

Conic optimization is a significant and thriving research area within the optimization
community. Conic optimization is the general class of problems concerned with optimizing a …

As a result of the liberalisation of airline markets; the strong growth of low cost carriers; the
high volatility in fuel prices; and the recent global financial crisis, the cost pressure that …

This paper presents an efficiency assessment of selected OECD countries using a Slacks
Based Model with undesirable or bad outputs (SBM-Undesirable). In this research, SBM …

" In this book, Peter Bogetoft-THE expert on the theory and practice of benchmarking-
provides an in–depth yet very accessible and readable explanation of the best way to do …

This paper uses data envelopment analysis (DEA) to evaluate the operational performance
of a sample of AEA—Association of European Airlines from 2000 to 2005, combining …

This paper analyses airlines' efficiency and productivity using two different methodologies:
data envelopment analysis and total factor productivity, and we additionally investigate …

In this paper, airline efficiency is divided into three stages: Operations Stage, Services Stage
and Sales Stage. The new three-stage strategic operating framework of airline efficiency is a …