The heated debate on the regulatory framework for airports has highlighted the importance of creating good institutions for air transport in general. This paper defines the concept of effective regulatory institutions for air transport. It also describes the value chain for air transport and how...

This paper compares the decisions of the European Commission on airline merger cases. The authors provide an overview of the merger decisions between 1996 and 2009 and analyze the definitions of the relevant market applied in each case. First, it considers the relevant market definition develop...

Recent years have seen a global trend towards the emergence of multi-airport companies operating at a global scale. This paper employs industrial and transaction costs economics to identify the main drivers that shape the patterns of international cross-ownership structures that have emerged in...

This paper explores the relevance of spatial effects on airport competition. Drawing concentric circles of travel distances around it is the most commonly way to define an airport’s catchment area. The characteristics of the catchment area and available substitutes are compared, and...

The paper examines the case of Alitalia, Italy’s former flag carrier, as a case of a state-managed failure. The history of the airline is characterized by a continuous decline in its competitive position since the progressive liberalization of the European aviation market. The root cause...

This paper analyzes the performance of the Central and Eastern Europe airline industry through the lens of the “Permanently Failing Organization†(PFO) framework. Based on elite interviews from management in the three airlines but also from other organizations within the industry, it...

The European airport industry is subject to various forms of economic regulation and there is debate as to which of the systems provides the best incentives for allocative and productive efficiency. This paper deals with the applicability of benchmarking as a regulatory tool for airports. This...

This paper outlines some first results from a study on the technical efficiency and total factor productivity (TFP) of 17 international airports in Germany. The analysis was undertaken with panel data from 1998 - 2002. According to the Malmquist-DEA the performance at nearly every airport...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Measuring the quality of air transport networks - a topology of connectivity and accessibility metrics -- 3 The airport dependency index -- 4...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Editors and contributors -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The evolution of regional air transport connectivity in Europe: a comparison between remote and core regions -- 3 The impacts of airports in geographical...