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Competition versus Predation in Aviation Markets
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Competition versus Predation in Aviation Markets

by Peter Forsyth, David W. Gillen, Otto G. Mayer, Hans-Martin Niemeier
January 2018
Intermediate to advanced
374 pages
13h 36m
English
Routledge
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Chapter 7Airline Predation in Canada

Scott M. Butler

Introduction1

Aviation history is littered with failed airlines. Some have suggested that there is no natural equilibrium in a de-regulated airline industry,2 only a constant state of flux. This constant rise and fall of new airlines has led to many accusations of predatory behaviour, few of which have proved to withstand the scrutiny of the legal system. The most notorious recent example is the American Airlines case, where Judge J. Thomas Marten wrote in his judgement:

There is no doubt that American may be a difficult, vigorous, even brutal competitor but here it engaged only in bare, not brass knuckle competition.

Indeed, to understand airline predation, one might ask Vanguard, Sun Jet ...

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ISBN: 9781351161381