fifteen European Union Member States. It is argued that loopholes in EU competition and state aid rules allow national … illustrates the competition distorting measures and discloses their negative impact on liberalization efforts. The results imply …

develop a model of airline competition, which accommodates various market structures, some of which include low-cost players … rest of Europe, our statistical modelling results confirm the conclusions of the theoretical model. Competition among FSCs … appears to affect the price levels of business and leisure segments asymmetrically. In contrast, competition with LCCs reduces …

implications for the balancing of competition and cooperation in transatlantic airline markets. …

the traditional caution of competition authorities in starting investigations into exploitative practices. Yet in 2008 the … Italian Competition Authority (ICA) fined the managers of the airports of Rome (ADR) and of Milan (SEA) for excessive price …. The ICA decisions are well worth a careful reading in that in only a few cases acting competition authorities succeeded in …

implications for the balancing of competition and cooperation in transatlantic airline markets …

This article examines the regulation of the air transport sector from the perspective of competition law, focusing … general competition law levels …

instrument exists within European competition law which reliably and effectively can be applied to curtail such intrinsic effects …