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...

We develop a two-stage formulation to estimate seaport performance and to understand the drivers of efficiency, which could potentially include specialization, ownership, competition and tariff regulation. The first-stage non-parametric, slacks-based measure estimates the technical efficiency of...

This research analyses the environmental footprint of the airline industry in an attempt to highlight potential paths for improvement. We develop a directional economic-environmental distance function (DEED) which accounts for the production of both desirable and undesirable output and the...

The structure of the airport industry -- Airport economics and performance benchmarking -- The airport-airline relationship -- Airport operations -- Airport service quality -- Provision of commercial facilities -- Airport competition and the role of marketing -- The economic and social impact of...