In the highly competitive airline industry, carriers struggle with regulations and bilateral agreements that restrict international airline ownership and full access to global capital markets. Increasingly airline alliances, mergers, low-cost subsidiaries and clone operations are adding flexibility to business strategies, but they fall short of a fully liberalised environment that other business sectors enjoy.
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