Entry and exit in the post-liberalized German airline market

Master's Thesis from the year 2007 in the subject Economy - Transport Economics, grade: 1,3, Humboldt-University of Berlin, language: English, abstract: This paper examines actual entry and exit dynamics in the German airline market in light of the European liberalization process. For this purpose, flight schedules data was used to derive entry and exit statistics for a set of chosen inner-German routes over a period of thirteen years. Data was analysed in cross-sectional and longitudinal manner while identifying different entry waves and examining incumbent behaviour with respect to entry deterrence strategies. Furthermore, the market's concentration and structure was tracked to allow a conclusion with respect to the market's contestability after liberalization. The results suggest the existence of remaining structural barriers to entry and depict a rather unsatisfactory overall state of the post liberalized market.

Dr. phil. Nicole Petrick (Petrick-Felber), M.Sc., hat Wirtschaftswissenschaften an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, der Higher School of Economics Moskau und der ESCP Europe Paris studiert. Sie hat einen Abschluss als Master of Science in Economics and Management Sciences der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin und einen Doktor der Philosophie in Neuerer und Neuester Geschichte der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena.