Do Airlines Pad Their Schedules?

Silke Forbes, Mara Lederman () and Zhe Yuan ()
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Mara Lederman: University of Toronto
Zhe Yuan: Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

Review of Industrial Organization, 2019, vol. 54, issue 1, No 4, 82 pages

Abstract: Abstract We analyze how schedule times, actual flight times and on-time performance have changed in the U.S. airline industry between 1990 and 2016. We find schedule times have increased in most years, with the largest increases after 2008. Actual flight times and total travel times have also increased but by less than schedule times and the gap has grown over time. This has resulted in reduced arrival delays even though flights are, in fact, taking longer to complete. We discuss the implications of these findings for quality provision and information disclosure within the airline industry.

Keywords: Airlines; Information disclosure; On-time performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/s11151-018-9632-1

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