Measuring the Impact of ASEAN Open Skies on International Air Traffic Movements from and to Southeast Asian Cities

The authors study the effects of the Open Skies Agreement (OSA) of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). This treaty was meant to promote competition among member-state carriers, leading to an increase in the volume of passengers. In this study, the authors estimate the impact of the OSA on the number of international air passengers and on the number of operating airlines; moreover, the authors disaggregate these effects into effects on low-cost carriers (LCCs) and full-service carriers (FSCs). Using data from the Official Airline Guide, the authors estimate the impact of the OSA by three methods: fixed effects, difference-in-differences with propensity score matching, and distance matching. The authors' results show that OSA has boosted the recent surge of all LCCs and FSCs to and from the ASEAN region. However, the OSA has decreased the number of FSC flights within the region, with a resulting negative net effect on the number of airlines.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2021.06.001
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967070X21001761
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Bilotkach, Volodymyr
  • Caro-Burnett, Johann
  • Khan, Ghulam Dastgir
  • Sembiring, Benny Lala
  • Yoshida, Yuichiro
  • 0000-0002-3061-4594
• Publication Date: 2021-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 368-378
• Serial:
  • Transport Policy
  • Volume: 110
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0967-070X
  • Serial URL: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/issn/096707X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air traffic; Full service carriers; Low cost carriers; Open skies
• Identifier Terms: ASEAN
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Passenger Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01788267
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 17 2021 2:25PM