This paper addresses the concern expressed in some quarters that the process of liberalisation of international air transport has lost its momentum. The paper argues that any assessment about whether liberalisation has stalled needs to be based on an understanding of the outcomes expected to be...

The optimism shared by agencies such as IATA and the Air Transport Action Group on the growth in the demand for air travel has been temporarily derailed by the Asian economic crisis which appears to have dimmed the prospects for growth of many Asian carriers. Prospects for growth and expansion...

In the post-World War II period, India nationalised its airline industry but it began to relax these controls in 1986. It has found no shortage of new entrants willing to add capacity into a system where supply-side constraints are regarded as the main impediments to a boom in airline travel....

A wave of low-cost airlines emerging in Southeast Asia has raised expectations that experiences with low-cost airlines in other major markets will be replicated now in this dynamic region, heralding a new phase of industry development. This paper draws attention to key environmental conditions...

It has been claimed that Asia lags behind the rest of the world in the privatization of airports. At the same time, the air transport sector has been growing quickly and this has placed enormous pressure on airport infrastructure. This paper reviews the situation and finds that the private...

Australia entered the 1980s with separate policies for its international and domestic airline industries and both restricted the scope for competition. Since then, the Australian Government privatised its airlines, it deregulated its domestic industry, it agreed to a single aviation market with...

This paper employs the concepts of centrality, intermediacy and proximity to explain the evolution of air transport networks in Asia and applies them to the region surrounding the Arabian Gulf. In doing so the paper provides a structured, historical account of the development of air transport in...