Reconsidering Cabotage: It is Not the Danger It Appears

This article uses the example of hundreds of foreign flights that served two destinations, notably in Canada, the United States, or between Canada and the United States, over a 40-year period of time, to examine the issue of cabotage. Cabotage refers to restriction of the operation of sea, air, or other transportation services within or into a particular country to that country’s own transport services. Topics covered include the past practices of airlines; the evolution of new, smaller aircraft with intercontinental range, and the impact of two-hour border and security processing times. The author concludes that, if the current restrictions on cabotage were lifted, very few foreign carriers would undertake flights within a sovereign country and thus the economic impact on U.S. carriers would be negligible. Additionally, permitting cabotage rights may foster the evolution of international routes to some U.S. states and Canadian provinces that are currently without service to Europe or Asia.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/19347170
• Authors:
  • Fitzgerald, P Paul
• Publication Date: 2018

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 33-62
• Serial:
  • Issues in Aviation Law and Policy
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: International Aviation Law Institute
  • ISSN: 1934-7170
  • Serial URL: https://las.depaul.edu/centers-and-institutes/chaddick-institute-for-metropolitan-development/research-and-publications/Pages/issues-aviation-law-policy.aspx

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aircraft; Aircraft by size; Aviation; Aviation law; Cabotage; Economics; International borders; International compacts; International transportation; Routes and routing
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Economics; Law;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01708007
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 18 2019 11:32AM