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TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD 1999 EXECUTIVE COMMI1TEE* Chairman: Wayne Shackelford, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Transportation, Atlanta Vice Chairman: Martin Wachs, Director, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley Executive Director:.Robert E. Skinner, Jr., Transportation Research Board Sharon D. Banks, General Manager, AC Transit, Oakland, California (Past Chairwoman, 1998) Thomas E Barry, Jr., Secretary of Transportation, Florida Department of Transportation, Tallahassee Brian J. L. Berry, Lloyd Viel Berkner Regental Professor, University of Texas at Dallas Sarah C. Campbell, President, TransManagement, Inc., Washington, D.C. Anne P. Canby, Secretary of Transportation, Delaware Department of Transportation, Dover E. Dean Carlson, Secretary of Transportation, Kansas Department of Transportation, Topeka Joanne F. Casey, President, Intermodal Association of North Amenca, Greenbelt, Maryland John W Fisher, Joseph T. Stuart Professor of Civil Engineering and Director, ATLSS Engineering Research Center, Lehigh University Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Gorman Gilbert, Director, Institute for Transportation Research and Education, North Carolina State University, Raleigh Delon Hampton, Chairman and CEO, Delon Hampton & Associates, Chartered, Washington, D.C. Lester A. HoeI, Hamilton Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville James L Lammie, Director, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc., New York City Thomas F Larwin, General Manager, San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board, San Diego, California Bradley L. Mallory, Secretary of Transportation, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Harrisburg JeffreyJ. McCaig, President and CEO, Trimac Corporation, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Marshall W. Moore, Director, North Dakota Department of Transportation, Bismarck Jeffrey R. Moreland, Senior Vice PresidentâLaw and Chief of Staff, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, Fort Worth, Texas Sid Morrison, Secretary of Transportation, Washington State Departmeiitof Transportation, Olympia John P. Poorman, Staff Director, Capital District Transportation Committee, Albany, New York Andrea Riniker, Executive Director, Port of Tacoma, Tacoma, Washington John M. Samuels, Vice PresidentâOperations Planning and Budget, Norfolk Southern Corporation, Norfolk, Virginia Charles H. Thompson, Secretary of Transportation, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Madison James A. Wilding, President and CEO, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Alexandria, Virginia David N. Wormley, Desn of Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park (Past Chairman, 1997) Mike Acost, President, National Asphalt Pavement Association, Lanham, Maryland (ex officio) Joe N. Ballard (Lt. Gen., U.S. Army), Chief of Engineers and Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.C. (ex officio) Kelley S. Coyner, Administrator, Research and Special Programs Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (ex officio) Mortiiner L. Downey, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation (ex officio) David Gardiner, Assistant Administrator, Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. (ex officio) Jane F Garvey, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (ex officio) Edward R. Hamberger, President and CEO, Association of American Railroads, Washington, D.C. (ex officio) ClydeJ. Hail, Jr., Administrator, Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (ex officio) John C. Horsley, Executive Director, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Washington, D.C. (ex officio) Gordon J. Linton, Administrator, Federal Transit Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (ex officio) James M. Loy (Adm., U.S. Coast Guard), Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Washington, D.C. (ex officio) Ricardo Martinez, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (ex officio) William W Millar, President, American Public Transit Association, Washington, D.C. (ex officio) jolene M. Molitoris, Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (ex officio) ValentinJ. Riva, President and CEO, American Concrete Pavement Association, Skokie, Illinois (ex officio) Ashish K. Sen, Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation (ex officio) George D.Wamngton, President and CEO, National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Washington, D.C. (ex officio) Kenneth K. Wykie, Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (ex officio) * Membership as of August 1999
N SPECIAL REPORT 255 Entry and Competition in the U.S. Airline Industry Issues and Opportunities Transportation Research Board National Research Council National Academy Press Washington, D.C. 1999
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Committee for a Study of Competition in the U.S. Airline Industry JOHN R. MEYER, Chairman, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts ELIZABETH E. BAILEY, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia JONATHAN B. BAKER, American University, Washington, D.C. RODEN A. BRANDT, Airline Consultant, Palm Harbor, Florida DARIUS W. GASKINS, JR., High Street Associates, Inc., Ipswich, Massachusetts JosE A. GOMEZ-IBAIEZ, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts C0RNIsH F. HITCHCOCK, Attorney, Washington, D.C. ALFRED E. KAHN, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York RANDALL MALIN, Los Gatos, California STEYEN A. MO1uusON, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts SHERWIN ROSEN, University of Chicago, Illinois Transportation Research Board Staff THOMAS R. MENZIES, JR., Study Director