Airline Economies of “Scale” and Australian Domestic Air transport Policy

Airline Economies of “Scale” and Australian Domestic Air transport Policy

The model shows economies from increased load factors, aircraft size and stage length, but diseconomies from serving more ports and from more departures. Substantial cost savings should be possible in the Australian domestic airline industry.

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