Question

Only three airlines fly from San Francisco to Medford, Oregon. No new airline will enter this market, because there are not enough customers to share among four or more airlines without each one experiencing substantially higher average costs. Consumers view all airlines as providing basically the same service and will shop around for the lowest price.
Which market model does this scenario present?

a) Oligopoly
b) Perfect Competition
c) Monopoly
d) Monopolistic Competition

Answer 1

Answer:

a) Oligopoly

Explanation:

The oligopoly is a market structure which characterized by the presence of a few large companies producing homogeneous or differentiated products

In this market, there are few sellers plus there is also a barriers for entering the new firms in the market. Also, the prices are normally fixed in this market because due to the competitors as they are fear of price war

So in the given question, it indicated the oligopoly scenario