Sourcing strategies for disruption recovery: Empirical evidence from the US airline industry

Kun Wang, Yulai Wan, Changmin Jiang and Hongyi Gu

Transport Policy, 2025, vol. 167, issue C, 145-156

Abstract: We use data from the US airline industry to test the roles of long-term commitment and supplier diversification in counteracting disruption risk. A network airline may delegate a route to its own subsidiary regional airline (long-term commitment), or multiple regional airlines (supplier diversification). We find that the usage of both strategies is positively associated with external disruption risks. The chance of sourcing from a single subsidiary regional airline is higher when such risk is high. Once a network airline delegates a route to its subsidiary regional airline, supplier diversification no longer generates much extra value in dealing with disruption risk.

Keywords: Disruption recovery; Supplier diversification; Long-term relationship; Regional airlines (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2025.03.021

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