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 …

This study assesses the economic importance of air transport and airport activities in Belgium in terms of value added …. In 2012, air transport and airport activities generated € 5.6 billion in direct and indirect value added (i.e. 1.5 % of … employment). Brussels Airport is the country’s biggest airport in terms of passenger traffic, but has seen its leading position …

first research project on the Belgian airport and air transport sector. The former relates to the economic activities within … ranks 6, 8, and 20 in the European cargo airport top 20, while for passenger airports, Brussels can only be found at the end … of the top 20. In this study, a sectoral approach has been followed by focusing, for every airport, on two major economic …

This paper analyzes efficient pricing at a congested airport dominated by a single firm. Unlike much of the previous …

the outcome where both airports are privatized is always an equilibrium while that where no airport is privatized is …

statistical model for the passengers'sequential choice of airport and airline is calibrated. It appears that thechoice sequence … first airport, then airline is statistically preferable to thereversed choice sequence. Frequency, the average number of … seats offered by anairline and access time to the airport are all significant. Separate models areestimated for business and …

congestion prices equal to the value of marginal travel delays a non-optimal response. This paper develops a model of airport …

This paper studies the regulation of an airline duopoly on a congested airport. Regulation should then address two … market failures: uninternalized congestion, and overpricing due to market power. We find that first-best charges are …