Research

Undergraduate Research Mentoring

Kelvin Russell

Research Project: “How Does the Amount of Funding Affect Airport Growth in the US?”

Kelvin Russell recently graduated with a major in Aviation Business Administration with an Area of Concentration in Airport Management. As a student, through employment and extracurricular activities, he gained valuable experience. Kelvin served in several leadership positions in clubs and classroom activities and was the Editor of Embry-Riddle Prescott Campus’s creative arts magazine. His motivation for conducting research is to make a contribution within the transportation industry that could influence transportation policy. Furthermore, Kelvin strives to become a published author and aims to become a transportation official eventually working for the U.S. Department of Transportation and/or international transport organizations.

Jerome Lim

Research Project: Airline Revenue Management with a Focus on Overbooking

Jerome Lim is a recent graduate from the School of Business at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. During his time at Embry-Riddle, he was an active member of the American Association of Airport Executives, Aviation Business Networking Club, International Student Association, and served twice as the Student Government Association Treasurer. Jerome was also involved in Eagle Consulting, a student-led consulting team that is actively engaged and working on different consulting projects for various companies. He proudly represented Embry-Riddle at the Phi Beta Lambda Business Competition against other schools in Arizona. Through this research project, Jerome intends to hone his data collection and analysis skills and ultimately make meaningful contributions to the academic community as he pursues his career in the airline industry.

Jerome is currently working for AvAirPros in Los Angeles.

Siddharth Varkey

Research Project: Airline Schedule Padding and Consumer Choice Behavior

Siddharth Varkey is a gradute from the School of Business at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He majored in Aviation Business Administration with a minor in economics and two areas of concentration in finance and flight operations (fixed-wing). He successfully completed the training to become a professional pilot with the university. Passionate about aviation, Embry-Riddle was a clear first choice and a good fit to fulfill this passion. He worked on this research project, which seeks to understand consumer response to airline schedule padding. Siddharth aims to have an international career in finance, and still growing his passion for aviation. In his free time, he loves to play soccer, go for a hike and the beach is always a personal favorite of his.

Siddharth is currently working as an Analyst for the Aerospace and Defense division at EY.

Elijah Kozloski

Research Project: How does On-Time Performance Differ between Full-service Carriers and Low-cost Carriers?

Elijah Kozloski is a graduate from the School of Business at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He volunteered and engaged in extracurricular activities that emphasize the benefits of conducting research. He was the president of the ERAU Investment Club and led club meetings and trips to Wall Street, New York and San Francisco, California. He was also a member of Eagle Consulting, a student-led consulting team that is actively engaged with the Air Carrier Incentive Program (ACIP) for the Prescott Municipal Airport. He was a member of Phi Beta Lambda and competed against many colleges in Arizona across various subjects including, Business Law, Marketing, and Business Ethics.

Elijah is currently a Supply Chain Subcontracts Specialist at the Northrop Grumman Corporation.

Working Papers and Research in Progress

  • Airline Alliance and Product Quality: The Case of the U.S. Domestic Airline Industry (with Philip Gayle)

    Airline Alliance and Product Quality: The Case of the U.S. Domestic Airline Industry (with Philip Gayle)

    Abstract

    Collusion on price and service levels tends to be the main concern of policymakers when appraising an airline alliance formation. We posit that product quality is an important dimension to be considered in alliance appraisals. This paper investigates the product quality implications of the Delta/Continental/Northwest codeshare alliance with a particular focus on the codeshare effects in markets where the alliance partners competed prior to the alliance. As expected, product quality for Delta/Continental/Northwest’s products decreased in markets with pre-alliance competition resulting in substantial negative welfare effects for passengers.

    Manuscript [PDF]