EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN APPROACHES TO AIR TRANSPORT LIBERALIZATION: SOME IMPLICATIONS FOR SMALL COMMUNITIES

This paper looks at the impact of the European Union (EU) 'Third Package' of Liberalization measures on small communities. The liberalization package came into effect on 1 January, 1993 and allows for free entry on intra-European routes and freedom by carriers to set passenger fares and cargo rates. It is shown that in the case of the U.S., deregulation there produced many benefits to the travelling public. For small communities, the detrimental impacts of competition, namely a focus by carriers on the larger centres, were lessened with the introduction of the 'Essential Air Services Programme' in 1978. This programme ensured that a basic level of air services was provided to designated small communities even if subsidies were required.

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• Authors:
  • Reynolds-Feighan, A J
• Publication Date: 1995-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 467-483
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
  • Volume: 29
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0965-8564
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09658564

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air transportation; Airlines; Communities; Regional transportation
• Identifier Terms: European Commission
• Geographic Terms: European Union countries
• Subject Areas: Aviation; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00715458
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 5 1996 12:00AM