In the post-World War II period, India nationalised its airline industry but it began to relax these controls in 1986. It has found no shortage of new entrants willing to add capacity into a system where supply-side constraints are regarded as the main impediments to a boom in airline travel....

A wave of low-cost airlines emerging in Southeast Asia has raised expectations that experiences with low-cost airlines in other major markets will be replicated now in this dynamic region, heralding a new phase of industry development. This paper draws attention to key environmental conditions...

It has been claimed that Asia lags behind the rest of the world in the privatization of airports. At the same time, the air transport sector has been growing quickly and this has placed enormous pressure on airport infrastructure. This paper reviews the situation and finds that the private...