An article in Forbes described these characteristics of the airline industry: Airlines arent like normal consumer businesses.

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An article in Forbes described these characteristics of the airline industry: “Airlines aren’t like normal consumer businesses…. Infrastructure including aircraft, gates and runways takes years to put in place. Capacity rebalancing in response to demand shifts isn’t easy and idle infrastructure of this magnitude is very expensive.” Do the characteristics referred to in the article help explain why the airline industry is an oligopoly? Briefly explain.

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Economics

ISBN: 978-0134738321

7th edition

Authors: R. Glenn Hubbard, Anthony Patrick O Brien

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