 The difference between European and US airline management practice: the case of new-entrant airlinesSveinn Vidar Gudmundsson Journal of Air Transport Management, 1997, vol. 3, issue 2, 75-82 Abstract: The paper maps the difference between European and US airline management practice. The research was based on a questionnaire survey among airline managers of new-entrant airlines in the USA and Europe. The main findings were that European new-entrant carriers are trying to shed the inefficiencies caused by the heavily regulated pre-liberalization environment, mastering some of the tools and strategies necessary to survive in a liberalized market. Managers of US new-entrant carriers, on the other hand, show marked difference in their attitude towards their staff, a characteristic of non-unionized operating environment, but they are de-emphasizing hub and spoke operations and high overall market-share. The overall conclusion is that European carriers are learning how to cope with the new liberalized environment while the US airlines are well-seasoned, providing much to learn for their European counterparts. Keywords: airline management; air transport deregulation; international management; new-entrant airlines; culture (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jaitra:v:3:y:1997:i:2:p:75-82 DOI: 10.1016/S0969-6997(97)00007-0 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Air Transport Management is currently edited by Anne Graham More articles in Journal of Air Transport Management from Elsevier |
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