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Benchmarking US All-Cargo Carriers: A Productivity and Cost Competitiveness Analysis

In: Airline Efficiency

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  • Matteo Balliauw
  • Hilde Meersman
  • Evy Onghena
  • Eddy Van de Voorde

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Existing studies about airline productivity and cost competitiveness are focusing on combination carriers, transporting both passengers and cargo in the same aircraft and with the same inputs. Scientific research about the cost structure and productive performance of all-cargo carriers is very limited. However, the importance of air cargo and express transport in our globalized economy, the high volatility of all-cargo carriers (especially since the 2008 economic crisis), and the success of integrators show the need for more scientific attention to this industry. This chapter aims at benchmarking the productivity and cost competitiveness of US integrated and non-integrated cargo carriers, based on total factor productivity and unit cost competitiveness analyses. The results unveil a positive correlation between productivity on the one hand and the size of the carrier and its average stage length on the other hand, indicating economies of scale. Correcting the results for such factors beyond managerial control and input prices allows us to measure the impact of the crisis and the consequences for the management of the individual carriers.

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  • Matteo Balliauw & Hilde Meersman & Evy Onghena & Eddy Van de Voorde, 2016. "Benchmarking US All-Cargo Carriers: A Productivity and Cost Competitiveness Analysis," Advances in Airline Economics, in: Airline Efficiency, volume 5, pages 55-72, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:aiaezz:s2212-160920160000005003
    DOI: 10.1108/S2212-160920160000005003
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    1. Balliauw, Matteo & Meersman, Hilde & Onghena, Evy & Van de Voorde, Eddy, 2018. "US all-cargo carriers’ cost structure and efficiency: A stochastic frontier analysis," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 112(C), pages 29-45.

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    Keywords

    US air cargo; integrators; productivity; cost competitiveness; D24; L93; R49;
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    JEL classification:

    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
    • L93 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Air Transportation
    • R49 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - Other

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