Air transport liberalization: a critical assessment

Abstract

This groundbreaking book offers a critical and wide-ranging assessment of the global air transport liberalization process over the past 40 years. This compilation of world experts on air transport economics, policy, and regulation is timely and significant, considering that air transport is currently facing a series of new challenges due to technological changes, the emergence of new markets, and increased security concerns. 1. Introduction, Matthias Finger and Kenneth Button -- Part I: Country and regional reports: 2. Airline Liberalization in the US, James Peoples -- 3. Airline Deregulation in Canada and the Sustainability of Competition, David Gillen and William G. Morrison -- 4. Australia – a reluctant liberalizer, Peter Forsyth -- 5. Air transport liberalization: the case of Ireland, Sean Barrett -- 6. The Evolution of Indian Civil Aviation, Rajiv Nagpal and Haritha Saranga -- 7. Air transport development: A comparative analysis of China and India, Yahua Zhang and Anming Zhang -- 8. European Market: Present and Future, Volodymyr Bilotkach -- 9. Latin America and the Caribbean, Thirty-Plus Years of Lukewarm Liberalization of Air Transportation Markets, Henry L. Vega -- 10. Air transport in Africa, Gianmaria Martini and Davide Scotti -- Part II: Topical issues: 11. Aviation safety in the age of liberalization, Clinton V. Oster Jr., John S. Strong and C. Kurt Zorn -- 12. Small Community Impacts of Liberalization and the Provision of Social Air Services, Aisling Reynolds-Feighan -- 13. Oligopolization of markets, Sveinn Vidar Gudmundsson -- 14. Domination of hub-and-spoke systems, Marc C. Gelhausen and Peter Berster -- 15. Market instability, Kenneth Button -- Part III: Future challenges: 16. Economic Perspectives on Aviation Security, David Gillen and William G. Morrison -- 17. The need to evolve air traffic management: Europe as a laboratory, Matthias Finger, Marc Baumgartner and Engin Zeki -- 18. Canada and USA: A Tale of Two ANSPs, Rui Neiva -- Index

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DOIS: 10.1080/01441647.2019.1568319 10.4337/9781786431868