Un abondant contentieux concurrentiel a été suscité par des conventions liant des aéroports secondaires et des compagnies aériennes à bas coût. Ces dernières ont en effet été passées au crible de l’encadrement européen des aides publiques car elles risquaient de donner lieu tant à...

The paper uses a data base on regulation, market structure and performance in the air passenger transportation industry, to analyse the links among liberalisation, private ownership, competition, efficiency and airfares at national and route levels. Covering the 1996-97 travel season, 21...

This paper presents new estimates of country-specific international transport costs for 21 OECD countries over the period 1973-2005. The methodology is based on direct measures of air, maritime, and road transport costs rather than on cif/fob ratios or other balance of payments data employed in...

Die Bodendienste auf den Flughäfen bilden ein wichtiges Element des Luftverkehrs. Hier hat der Wettbewerbsgedanke jedoch noch nicht in gleichem Umfang Einzug gehalten wie im Bereich der Fluggesellschaften. Die Europäische Union hat im Jahr 1996 eine Richtlinie für die Bodendienste...

This paper will argue that it is imperative regulations on UAVs address cybersecurity and privacy issues in order to remain on the forefront of technology within the aviation industry. Although it may seem like it is more important to establish basic laws on UAS, legislators need to work...

Worldwide, commercial drone services are being tested and permitted. Progress in the United States has been slow, in part because of a lack of clarity about the federal and state roles in drone and airspace management. We give scores to the 50 states and rank them using their laws and drone...

On 19-21 December 2018, at one of the busiest times of the year for air travel, one or more drones flew over Gatwick Airport and its runways, causing the airport to be closed for almost 33 hours, resulting in the cancellation of approximately 800 flights, and disrupting travel for approximately...

Under EU Air Passenger Rights legislation (“EC261”), carriers must provide assistance and cash compensation to passengers in case of long delay. We study whether the regulation reduces flight delay. EC261 applies uniformly to flights departing from the EU, but covers only EU carriers on...

Worldwide, commercial drone services are being tested and permitted. Progress in the United States has been slow, in part because of a lack of clarity about the federal and state roles over drones and airspace management. To jumpstart the drone industry, states can create drone highways—...