An investigation into the core underlying problems of India's airlines

O'Connell, John Frankie, Krishnamurphy, Pukezhenthi, Warnock-Smith, David, Lei, Zheng and Miyoshi, Chikage (2013) An investigation into the core underlying problems of India's airlines. Transport Policy, 29. pp. 160-169. ISSN 0967-070X

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Abstract

India’s aviation industry promises huge growth potential due to a large and growing middle class population, favourable demographics, rapid economic growth, higher disposable incomes, and overall low air transport penetration levels of less than 3%. However, the Indian Aviation Industry has been going through a turbulent phase over the past several years, facing multiple and prolonged difficulties through which carriers are continuously underperforming financially. After conducting a set of expert interviews backed by a statistical analysis of secondary data, this paper concludes that restrictions on foreign ownership, outdated regulatory policies and overtaxed fuel, overlain by industry wide overcapacity issues are the major contributing factors.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications
Schools:	Huddersfield Business School
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Depositing User:	David Warnock-Smith
Date Deposited:	10 Jul 2013 16:12
Last Modified:	02 Dec 2016 05:41
URI:	http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/17933

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