The role of strategic airline alliances in Africa

Button, Kenneth and Porta, Flavio and Scotti, Davide (2020): The role of strategic airline alliances in Africa.

Abstract

This paper looks at the impacts of strategic airline alliances on African aviation. Globally, there has been an on-going trend towards airlines coordinating their activities via strategic alliances and joint ventures. These alliances affect market competition including the quality and costs of the services provided. Despite the economic benefits found in prior analyses of alliances in other markets there has been very limited study of alliance participation by African airlines. Our analysis suggests, among other things, that membership of one of the three global alliances could benefit African airlines, add to their passenger flows, and enhance regional economic integration.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Africa’s strategic air alliances; airline economics; airline cooperation; airline networks
• Subjects: K - Law and Economics > K2 - Regulation and Business Law > K21 - Antitrust Law; L - Industrial Organization > L9 - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities > L93 - Air Transportation; N - Economic History > N3 - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy > N37 - Africa ; Oceania; R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics > R4 - Transportation Economics > R40 - General

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