Flying into the future : air transport policy in the European Union / Kenneth Button, Kingsley Haynes, and Roger Stough.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Button, Kenneth, 1948-

Contributor:

Haynes, Kingsley E.

Stough, Roger.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aeronautics, Commercial--European Union countries.

Aeronautics, Commercial.

Aeronautics, Commercial--Deregulation--European Union countries.

Aeronautics, Commercial--Deregulation.

European Union countries.

Physical Description:

xii, 199 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [1998]

Contents:

2 The Development of EU Air Transport Policy 8

2.1 Trends in air transport 8

2.2 The market for airline services 12

2.3 Changing views on economic regulation 24

2.4 Air transport policy development in the European Union 26

3 Is Europe Different? 54

3.1 Differing attitudes towards regulatory reform 54

3.2 Lessons from the US 57

3.3 Reforms elsewhere 72

4 Infrastructure Policy 76

4.1 European airport network 76

4.2 Allocation issues 83

4.3 Air traffic control and navigation systems 93

4.4 Surface access 97

5 Airline Alliances and EU Air Transport 99

5.1 The concept of airline alliances 99

5.2 The major trans-Atlantic alliances 108

5.3 The rationale behind alliances 111

5.4 The public policy response 123

6 Alliances and Markets 130

6.1 The airlines 131

6.2 Social costs and benefits 137

6.3 Predatory behavior 145

6.4 Durability of alliances 148

6.5 Our limited knowledge 153

7 Stability in European Air Transport Markets 157

7.1 Stability in air transport markets 157

7.2 Testing for a core 159

7.3 Policy options 169

Theoretical Appendix: Notions of the core 172.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-194) and index.

ISBN:

1858987997

OCLC:

37890489