This article discusses the implications of airport privatization and regulation with reference to the case of BAA plc. It concludes that regulation should be implemented in a coordinated manner which is consistent with wider policy goals and which respects the outcomes for all stakeholders. The...

This article explores the UK government's influence on shaping and directing airport policy. UK air travel has increased five-fold over the past 30 years and is projected to increase by between two and three times current levels by 2030. In order to accommodate this growth the government...

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the international development of the low cost airline model. The paper examines and seeksto characterize the factors which have encouraged and inhibited the spatial and temporal spread of low cost carriers. A typology oflow cost carriers is developed to...

Since their emergence in the US in the mid-1970s there has been significant growth in the low-cost airline sector but with a few notableexceptions low-cost airlines have operated on short-haul routes. This paper examines the extent to which the low-cost model is, or couldbe, applicable to...

The so called low cost model has proved to be financially and operationally robust fora number of short haul airline operations in various regions world-wide and airportshave responded to the potential opportunities that have arisen by the growth of lowcost airlines. The low cost model has...

Traditional sources of finance are becoming inadequate to meet the needs of public transport. This has led to the emergence of a number of local earmarked tax and charging mechanisms, in particular road user charges and tolls. This article examines one group of such mechanisms: charges to...

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