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- High Fuel Prices Catching Up with Airline IndustryHigh fuel prices have caught up with the airline industry. Profits are expected to fall from $18 billion last year, to around $4 billion this year.
Alfred Kahn, Airline Industry Deregulator, Dies at 93Alfred Kahn was instrumental in deregulating the airline industry in 1978.- The Airline IndustryThe Airline Industry
- Is the New Terror Threat Going to Destroy the Airline Industry?The new terror threat could prove to have a negative financial effect on the airline industry.
- Economic Profile: The Airline IndustryThis paper describes how the airline industry is impacted by price elasticity of supply and demand, externalities, monetary and fiscal policies, and wage inequality.
- The Airline Industry Still Reeling from the September 11, 2001, AttacksIn the 8 years since the September 11 attacks, the airline industry has suffered a one-two blow to their balance sheets.
- Some New Ideas to Help Make the US Commercial Airline Industry ProfitableThe forces that want to nationalize the US commercial airline industry may sadly ultimately win because most airlines are permanent financial basket cases--The problem is that a subsidized nationalized system is just as broke.
- Externalities and Elasticity in the Airline IndustryIssues surrounding shifts in price elasticity of supply and demand, and externalities, help to determine how the economy affects the success of industries. Evaluations of these issues help determine how economic influences affect the airline industry.
- The Airline Industry: The Effects of Monetary and Fiscal PoliciesPolices affect different industries on many different levels. By analyzing how polices affect the airline industry; we can see its impact on employment, growth of the industry, and product prices.
- Airline Economics: Introduction to the Industry and FundamentalsThe airline industry is an enormous business in terms of operating capacity and expense. This means the industry is bulletproof and brings in huge profits annually. Well, no, not really.
- History of the Airline IndustryThe airline industry has undergone significant change in the past 35 years. Airline traffic has tripled, while profitability and financial wealth has become a bit shaky.
- The Economy's Affect on the Airline IndustryWhat is the economy doing to the airline industry?
- Airline Industry ProfileThis Paper gives a brief review of the airline industry and the vulnerability of it to economic forces.
- Airline Industry Suffering; Not the Case with Aircraft Mechanic Career OpportunitiesAlthough the airline industry is suffering, career opportunities in aircraft mechanics and inspection are expected to continue growing over the coming years. Retiring aircraft mechanics are leaving a large demand for newly trained aircraft mechanics.
- Deregulation: Wage Inequality in the Airline IndustryThis paper provides an overview of wage inequality and its measurement in the airline industry. The airline industry employs some of the highest investments in human capital than any other industry. However, this industry also displays the widest gaps in wage inequality.
- An Insider's Look at Airline Industry TurmoilLadies and gentlemen, the sky is falling. Or, more accurately, something is falling out of the sky: the airline industry.
- Economic Profile of the Airline IndustryThis article analyzes externalities, elasticity of demand, and wage inequality in the airlines industry.
- Externalities Affecting the Airlines IndustryThis paper focuses on the affect of externalities on the airlines industry.
- Fiscal & Monetary Policies in the Airlines IndustryThis article discusses how the fiscal and monetary policies impacted the airlines industry.
- Airline Industry Suffers from Poor Customer ServiceAirplane rides sure are not what they used to be. Like sardines customers are packed into tiny little rows with just enough space not to have to put their arms around the person in the next seat.
- Why the Airline Industry is Killing ItselfAs already intense competition in the airline industry increases, consolidation and even worse service is sure to follow.
Airline Woes Change Bargain-Hunting RulesThe severe difficulties of the airline industry has led most airlines to cancel routes, disrupting one of the bedrock principles of airfare bargain hunting.- The World in the Skies--10 Years LaterWhat one travel agency went through---dealing with the parents of the first victim of 9/11.
Cheap Flights Are Blamed for Environmental DamageThe airline industry has been accused of promoting environmental damage. For this reason, environmentalists work with airlines to reduce this threat.
Legendary Economist Alfred Kahn Dies of Cancer at Age 93; Kahn is Best Remebered for Deregulating Travel IndustriesAlfred Kahn, of Cornell University, was picked to head the Federal Civil Aeronautics Board and to make the industry competitive. He did this by deregulating the industry as much as possible.
Free Travel at a Great Cost - Working for the Not-so-Glamourous Airline IndustryWorking for an airline offers free travel, but the cost may be more than you are willing to pay.- Airline Fees for Extra PoundsPassengers having to buy extra seats if they are considered overwight.
- The Airline Industry's Ups and DownsWhat is the best time for an airline to go on strike? Christmas of course according to British Airways.
- ATA Airlines Declares BankruptcyATA Airlines becomes the second airline carrier this week to have to claim bankruptcy, stranding hundreds of paying travelers.
- Planes, Passengers and Great Service: They Go Together, Right?Think you experienced a rough ride during your recent trips in the air this summer? Was it due to over crowding, poor customer service or a combination of both?


