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Airline performance and the leasing ratio in the context of business models Cover

Airline performance and the leasing ratio in the context of business models

By: Viktor Trasberg  
Open Access
|Sep 2025

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Language: English
Page range: 1 - 9
Submitted on: Sep 13, 2024
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Accepted on: May 19, 2025
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Published on: Sep 18, 2025
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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