The Macroeconomic Environment and Airline Profitability: A Study of us Regional Airlines
In this article, a SARMAX(p,s,q) model is utilized to study the macroeconomic determinants of regional airline profitability in the US. While seasons have an impact on profitability, no season seems to differ from another. Findings indicate that wealth has more relevance than income on the profitability variable. The cost of capital and unemployment negatively affect airlines. Although small, the lagged values of profitability mostly have a perverse effect on the current profitability, indicating the absence of a sustained growth performance in the industry. Even though 9/11 has negatively affected regional airlines, this study fails to find a statistically significant support for that observation. In addition, findings suggest that inflation in general and the real price of oil do not have statistically significant effects.
Keywords: 9/11; AIRLINES; SARMAX
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 December 2006
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