Co-opetition in the Airline Industry

 

Victoria Ayoola ADEMILUA¹*, Melek Şule AKER², Belal Hamed Taher SHNEIKAT³,

A. Mohammed ABUBAKAR⁴ Foroutan Yazdian, Taraneh⁵

¹ Eastern Mediterranean University, KKTC, victoriaademilua@yahoo.com

² Doç. Dr. Eastern Mediterranean University, KKTC, sule.aker@emu.edu.tr

³ Dr. University of Kyrenia, KKTC, belalshneikat@yahoo.com

⁴ Yrd. Doç. Dr.  İİBF, Aksaray University, TURKEY, me@mohammedabubakar.com

⁵ Eastern Mediterranean University, KKTC, taranehforoutan@yahoo.com

 

Abstract

This paper examine the effects co-opetition on structural and operational performance in the airline industry with the research analysis centered on cooperation and performance statistics from high ranking and famous airline alliances, STAR, One World and Sky Team. Although our analysis is theoretical based, we hypothesized that in densely populated co-opetition, political turmoil and natural disaster management may adversely affect airline performance. Political stability, economic growth and proper management may positively moderate the relationship between co-opetition and airline performance

Keywords: Co-opetition, performance, alliance, network, airline industry