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In economics, a virtual airline is an airline that has outsourced as many possible operational and business functions it can, but still maintains effective control of its core business.^[1] Such an airline focuses on operating a network of air services, and outsourcing non-core activities to other organizations.^[2] Contracting out services within the aviation industry has reportedly become so common that many carriers could be classed as having features of a virtual airline, although it is arguable whether any current carriers meet a strict definition of the term.^[3]^[4]

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^ Flouris, Triant (2006). Designing and Executing Strategy in Aviation Management. Ashgate Publishing. pp. 91. ISBN 0754636186. http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=CJXshJc_IpIC.
^ Doganis, Rigas (2005). The Airline Business. Routledge. pp. 283. ISBN 0415346150. http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=UnVAfY8J6OcC.
^ Ioannides, Dimitri (1998). The Economic Geography of the Tourist Industry: A Supply-side Analysis. Routledge. pp. 118. ISBN 0415164117. http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=P4PfF5LAijYC.
^ Domberger, Simon (1998). The Contracting Organization: A Strategic Guide to Outsourcing. Oxford University Press. pp. 146. ISBN 0198774583. http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=XkqHg1N7w6YC. "British Airways [has] lean[ed] towards becoming the first of the new general of Virtual Airlines"

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[0] Flouris, Triant (2006). Designing and Executing Strategy in Aviation Management. Ashgate Publishing. pp. 91. ISBN 0754636186. http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=CJXshJc_IpIC.

[1] Doganis, Rigas (2005). The Airline Business. Routledge. pp. 283. ISBN 0415346150. http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=UnVAfY8J6OcC.

[2] Ioannides, Dimitri (1998). The Economic Geography of the Tourist Industry: A Supply-side Analysis. Routledge. pp. 118. ISBN 0415164117. http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=P4PfF5LAijYC.

[3] Domberger, Simon (1998). The Contracting Organization: A Strategic Guide to Outsourcing. Oxford University Press. pp. 146. ISBN 0198774583. http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=XkqHg1N7w6YC. "British Airways [has] lean[ed] towards becoming the first of the new general of Virtual Airlines"

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