Air transport policy, national income, bilateral trade volume, distance, common language and immigration are significant determinants of international arrivals to Australia. The close link between aviation policy and the number of international travellers might suggest that Australia has...

This paper attempts to derive policy indices to quantify the restrictiveness of the aviation regimes in the Asia-Pacific region, and use the indices to establish the relationship between people movement and liberalisation in policy. Australia and Singapore have the most liberalised environment...

This paper describes events in the last decade in China's airline markets and clarifies some misunderstandings in regard to the 2002 airline consolidations that brought sweeping changes to that country's aviation markets. Some possible reasons for the 2002 consolidations are inferred through...

This paper looks at the effects of some of the recent airline mergers in China. Overall, no significant airfare increases are found in a sample of markets served by the merged China Eastern and China Southern after 2002; indeed in most of the markets directly affected airfares declined. This was...

The paper used survey data to elicit values from Chinese passengers regarding schedule delay, punctuality and the size of network. It has been found that Chinese airlines have failed to establish a strong brand reputation that can influence passengers' air travel choices. Consumers are willing...

This paper provides an analysis of China's air cargo flows. We identify major air transport hubs in China and examine cargo movements between them. We also discuss some of the difficulties in comparing air cargo data between Mainland China and Hong Kong, and point out the areas where China's...

The air transport industry has remained one of the most regulated and restrictive industries in international trade. Domestic deregulation and liberalization have been progressing at an uneven pace across countries, and liberalization of the international markets has yet to overcome numerous...

This paper shows that when the policy of financial break-even is implemented, “strict†financial break-even on an annual, or even short-run, basis may not be socially desirable. To maximize social welfare, airports should be allowed to take losses, or make profits, at different times...

This paper discusses Hong Kong air cargo in the context of both China and the Asia-Pacific region. We provide a description of a conceptual framework that is useful for discussing the role of an international airfreight hub, a detailed discussion on the characteristics and trends of air cargo in...