CONSIDERATIONS IN SETTING AIRPORT USER CHARGES IN CANADA

Airports present opportunities to government to further many desirable aims. Decisions on building and operating airports may be taken for reasons additional to provide a place for aircraft to land and take-off. The aims of air carriers are much simpler than those of government. They are concerned with market forces, not social forces. They desire airport facilities that would be responsive to demonstrable need, and supplied at market prices. This paper points to a set of principles for the setting of user charges upon which the interests of airlines and government might be reconciled. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Air Transport Association of Canada

  255 Albert Street, Suite 700
  Ottawa, Ontario  Canada  K1P 6A9
• Publication Date: 1976-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airlines; Airports; Economics; Federal government; Landing fees; Transportation; User charges
• Uncontrolled Terms: Criteria
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 1037: Airport; 8018: Canada; 226: Cost benefit analysis; 285: Demand (econ); 255: Economics; 183: Government (national); 143: Planning; 173: Policy; 253: Transport authority
• Subject Areas: Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00152874
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Report
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1977 12:00AM