Research Of Air-cargo Alliance In China

At the second half of 1990s the airline industry was characterized by frenzy for inter-airline alliance of various kinds. Nowadays airline alliance is the focus issues of airline industry; it is the results of implementing international air-liberalization policies, such as open sky policy; and it is also the main method of airline companies to develop and carve up the international air-transportation markets. Along with the fast development of Chinese economy and opening of navigation rights, more and more competitors will enter China capturing the huge air-freight market. How to deal with the serious competition for Chinese air-cargo companies? Do we need to join in the international air freight alliance? The author analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of joining in such an alliance through the alliance theory and empirical study, giving some suggestions for policy-makers in air-freight industry.