. The first part of the paper focuses on sources of market power for airports and on policy responses. When an airport is …

This study assesses the economic importance of air transport and airport activities in Belgium in terms of employment … full-time equivalents (or 2 % of domestic employment in FTE). Brussels Airport was the one most affected by the decline in … global traffic in 2009, as a result of the economic crisis: in that year it ceased to be Belgium’s principal cargo airport …