Thesis. 1977. M.S.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND AERONAUTICS. / Bibliography: leaves 178-180. / by Robert Wellesley Mann, Jr. / M.S.

Xu, Fang. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 75-79). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgement --- p.ii / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 2 --- Background Information --- p.3 / Chapter 2.1 --- Growth of Air-Transportation Industry --- p.3 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- General Figures --- p.3 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Growth of Air Cargo Market --- p.3 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Regulatory Support --- p.5 / Chapter 2.2 --- The Focus: Pearl River Delta --- p.6 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Strategic Moves of Airports --- p.8 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Investment and Development of Airlines --- p.12 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Hong Kong VS Shen Zhen --- p.13 / Chapter 3 --- Airport Competition --- p.14 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.14 / Chapter 3.2 --- One-period two port competition model --- p.15 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- The basic model --- p.15 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Stackelberg Game --- p.23 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Location factor --- p.26 / Chapter 3.3 --- Two-period two port competition model --- p.27 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- The basic model --- p.27 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Switching cost --- p.30 / Chapter 3.4 --- Conclusion --- p.33 / Chapter 4 --- Combined airline VS full-cargo airline --- p.34 / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.34 / Chapter 4.2 --- Model Setup --- p.35 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Modelling Capacity and Cost --- p.35 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Modelling Demand --- p.37 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- The Optimization Framework --- p.37 / Chapter 4.2.4 --- Decomposition of the Decision Process --- p.39 / Chapter 4.3 --- Step 1: Strategies in the Passenger Market --- p.40 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Carriers enter the game with zero-inventory --- p.40 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Incumbent carrier has established initial capacity --- p.42 / Chapter 4.4 --- Step 2: Strategies in the Cargo Market --- p.45 / Chapter 4.5 --- Centralized decision --- p.49 / Chapter 4.5.1 --- Both airlines have zero initial capacity in the passenger market --- p.50 / Chapter 4.5.2 --- One airline has non-zero initial capacity in the passenger market --- p.51 / Chapter 4.5.3 --- Both airlines have initial capacity in the cargo market --- p.53 / Chapter 4.6 --- Conclusion --- p.53 / Chapter 5 --- Demand growth and shifting --- p.55 / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.55 / Chapter 5.2 --- Competition Scenario --- p.56 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Growth and shifting of passenger demand --- p.56 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Growth and shifting of cargo demand --- p.60 / Chapter 5.3 --- Centralized decision making --- p.64 / Chapter 5.4 --- conclusion --- p.72 / Chapter 6 --- Conclusion --- p.73 / Bibliography --- p.75