An option-based hedging mechanism for managing the risk of overbooking in parallel airline alliances

Xiaojia Wang and Richard Y.K. Fung

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2014, vol. 70, issue C, 146-162

Abstract: In the context of parallel alliances, this paper proposes and describes an option-based mechanism that allows an airline to transfer bumped passengers to its alliance partner’s flight. The objective of this mechanism is to reduce the overbooking risk borne by the allied airlines. An analytical model is built to calculate the net benefit that can be obtained by the airlines. The simulation results confirm that the proposed mechanism can generate monetary and non-monetary benefits for allied carriers under many practical conditions.

Keywords: Overbooking risk; Airline alliances; Options application; Mechanism design; Simulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2014.06.014

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