The article aims to provide a detailed insight into the current regulatory framework regarding civil aviation activities and their inherent link to the activity of state aviation operators throughout the member states of the European Union. The analysis begins with an introduction into the...

The European Union (EU) conducts a multi-faceted policy in South-eastern Europe. Concentrating on two dimensions of the EU policy in the region, energy and aviation, the article considers the development of the two relevant regional initiatives, the Energy Community and the European Common...

The contribution compares liability governance at Functional Airspace Block (FAB) level. It shows that the FAB State level agreements address liability in divergent manners and confirms the primary liability of the territorial State. It argues that an ‘unbundling' of core and supporting...

This paper addresses a hub-and-spoke network problem for railroad freight, where a central planner is to find transport routes, frequency of service, length of trains to be used, and transportation volume. Hub-and-spoke networks, often found in air freight, have not been favoured by railways in...

The authors construct a new measure of connectivity in the global air transport network, covering 211 countries and territories for the year 2007. It is grounded in network analysis methods, and is based on a gravity-like model that is familiar from the international trade and regional science...