Research Article

Effects of Southwest Airlines on Carrier Profits and Entry Probabilities

Table 5

Changes in entry probabilities when Southwest is counterfactually removed.

AirlineBiggest positive change (%)Median change (%)

FSC nonstop30.412.3

FSCs: AA, DL, and UA
FSC connect19.57.1
JetBlue nonstop36.016.4
JetBlue connect24.411.6
Small LCC nonstop41.118.2
Small LCC connect26.711.0

Note. The author reports the biggest positive change and the median change in the upper bounds of entry probabilities. The parameter values in column (II) in Table 3 are used to calculate.