“…In this specific route, some companies started operating after the distribution of the remaining slots for weekend flights, which may have impacted the competition. Although quantitative investigations on the market power in Brazilian airlines have been performed, such as in Turolla, Lovadine, and Oliveira (2006), Lovadine (2009), and Nascimento, Vieira, and Braga (2011), a gap remains in terms of the measurement of the prevailing switching costs and the assessment of their possible relevance to competition in this market.…”