AIRLINE DEREGULATION: ADDRESSING THE AIR SERVICE PROBLEMS OF SOME COMMUNITIES. TESTIMONY

This is the statement of John H. Anderson, Jr., Director, Transportation Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, General Accounting Office (GAO), before the Subcommittee on Aviation, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives, on the air service problems that some communities have experienced since the deregulation of the airline industry in 1978 and on initiatives that may help address those problems. The testimony discusses (1) why some airports serving small and medium-sized communities in the East and upper Midwest have not experienced the same level of entry as those serving communities that have benefited from deregulation and (2) GAO's recommendations and other initiatives that may help increase competition, reduce fares, and improve the quality of air service at those small- and medium-sized-community airports.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.21949/1403985
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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12621
• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also GAO/RCED-96-79 (TRIS 00722650) and GAO/RCED-97-4 (TRIS 00734628).
• Corporate Authors:

  U.S. General Accounting Office

  441 G Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20548
• Authors:
  • Anderson Jr, J H
• Publication Date: 1997-6-25

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 10 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airlines; Barriers to entry (Competition); Competition; Deregulation; Fares; Medium sized cities; Quality of service; Recommendations; Small towns; Testimony
• Uncontrolled Terms: Fare reduction
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00740682
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: GAO/T-RCED-97-187
• Files: NTL, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 15 1997 12:00AM