The Global Airline Industry

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Airline Industry Council members Andrew von Nordenflycht, Jody Hoffer Gittell, Tom Kochan and Greg Bamber are contributors to a soon-to-be-released textbook on the airline industry, published by Wiley.

The Global Airline Industry provides a comprehensive introduction to the airline industry as part of the overall air transportation system.

Includes sections on Air Transportation Economics, Airline Planning and Operations, Industrial Relations and Human Resource Issues, Aviation Safety and Security, Aviation Infrastructure and Environmental Impacts and Airline Marketing and Distribution.

Accompanied by a companion website housing databases with regular updates of airline & air transport related statistics and information as well as updates of the book material.
1. Introduction and Overview (Peter P. Belobaba and
Amedeo Odoni)
2. The International Institutional and Regulatory
Environment (Amedeo Odoni)
3. Overview of Airline Economics, Markets and Demand
(Peter P. Belobaba)
4. Fundamentals of Pricing and Revenue Management
(Peter P. Belobaba)
5. Airline Operating Costs and Measures of Productivity
(Peter P. Belobaba)
6. The Airline Planning Process (Peter P. Belobaba)
7. Airline Schedule Optimization (Cynthia Barnhart)
8. Airline Flight Operations (Alan H. Midkiff, R. John
Hansman and Tom G. Reynolds)
9. Irregular Operations: Schedule Recovery and
Robustness (Cynthia Barnhart)
10. Labor Relations and Human Resource Management
(Jody Hoffer Gittell, Andrew von Nordenflycht,
Thomas A. Kochan, Robert McKersie and Greg J. Bamber)
11. Aviation Safety and Security (Arnold Barnett)
12. Airports (Amedeo Odoni)
13. Air Traffic Control (R. John Hansman and Amedeo
Odoni)
14. Air Transport and the Environment (Karen Marais and
Ian A. Waitz)
15. Information Technology in Airline Operations,
Distribution and Passenger Processing (Peter
Belobaba, William Swelbar and Cynthia Barnhart)
16. Critical Issues and Prospects for the Global Airline
Industry (William Swelbar and Peter Belobaba)