The Impact of Airline Flight Schedules on Flight Delays

Vinayak Deshpande
Vinayak Deshpande
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Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
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Mazhar Arıkan
Mazhar Arıkan
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School of Business, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
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Vinayak Deshpande

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Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599

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Mazhar Arıkan

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School of Business, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045

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Published Online:4 May 2012https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.1120.0379

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Received:September 10, 2008
Accepted:December 27, 2011
Published Online:May 04, 2012

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