Cambridge Aviation Research Blog

Hans Rosling demonstrated a compelling way to present time series data in his amazing 2006 TED talk on world economic development. Google's Visualization API allows us to present a similar view of 20 years of domestic airline traffic statistics as a 20-second movie. read more>>

As the title of our new report suggests, we expect a relatively easy antitrust review for the proposed Southwest-AirTran merger.  But while researching "Southwest's proposed merger with AirTran likely to pass antitrust review," our analysis of the two carriers' overlap markets surfaced a few areas of concern worth highlighting: read more>>

Google has released its new Google Instant search-while-you-type interface. But the big news is not the slick new interface or the purported five seconds it can save searchers; if it's from Google, it's all about ads. For while Google is guessing what you're intending to search for, it's displaying ads—and counting impressions—every step of the way. read more>>

Twitter, Facebook, and other social networking and communications channels continue to command an increasing amount of mind share among marketing and communications pros. And justifiably so. These informal communication channels are uniquely suited to convey time-sensitive operational and promotional messaging and to increase transparency by facilitating public conversations.  read more>>

Our recent Quick Take report, "Antitrust Concerns Unlikely to Derail Proposed United-Continental Merger", studies the impact of this proposed merger on competition at the industry, airport, and route levels. Using the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) to quantify increases in market concentration and applying the Department of Justice's published guidelines, we "red-flag" fewer airports and routes for this merger than for the just-completed Delta-Northwest combination. read more>>