Critical Issues in Air Transport Economics and Business [Hardcover]

This book offers material for strategic thinking featuring contributions from key figures in Europe, the US and Asia. The focus of the book expands from economic to legal issues, bankruptcy and safety and security. The carefully selected papers offer a thorough and structured analysis of major current developments in the air transport industry. Fully up to date, topics covered include competitive strength, capacity utilisation and risk.

The most likely future scenarios are more or less known. Only, the timeframe remains uncertain. The speed at which the various market players in the air transport chain will implement their strategies remains the key question. This depends on a whole range of exogenous and endogenous variables, as this book aspires to demonstrate. As both an overview of the current issues affecting the industry and as a cohesive set of strategic documents, therefore, this collection will prove invaluable for policy makers and researchers alike.

Acknowledgements  1. Introduction, Ros?rio Mac?rio and Eddy Van de Voorde, 2. The future air transport sector: a modified market and ownership structure, Hilde Meersman, Eddy Van de Voorde and Thierry Vanelslander, 3. Airlines and their focus on cost control and productivity, Juan Carlos Martin and Conception Roman, 4. Low-cost airlines: strategies and reaction patterns, Ros?rio Mac?rio and Vasco Reis, 5. Airline Performance Sveinn Gudmundsson (Oxford University and Toulouse Business School, UK and France), 6. World Air Cargo and Merchandise Trade Franziska Kupfer, Hilde Meersman, Evy Onghena and Eddy Van de Voorde (University of Antwerp, Belgium), 7. Integrators in a Changing World Evy Onghena (University of Antwerp, Belgium) 8. Airports of the Future: Essentials for a Renewed Business Model RoslcR