THE ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF AIRPORTS: THE CASE OF GRAN CANARIA

One of the recommendations in the Report by the Committee of Experts for Air Transport to the European Commission suggests that the requirement of new airport capacity is vital for the success of European Union air transport policy and so the public should be informed more actively of the positive economic, social and environmental benefits of air transport. Economic impact studies try to underline the economic significance of airports, but it is not unusual to find an overvaluation of benefits that undermines value to the conclusions. In this paper, an estimation of the economic significance of the airport of Gran Canaria is carried out. Economic impacts are classified as direct, indirect and induced and a distinction is made between the concept of economic significance and economic activity of the airport. (A) For the covering abstract see IRRD 879900.

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• Authors:
  • de Rus, Gines
  • Roman, C
  • Trujillo, L
• Conference:
  • AIRPORT PLANNING ISSUES. PROCEEDINGS OF SEMINAR J HELD AT THE 23RD EUROPEAN TRANSPORT FORUM, UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK, ENGLAND, SEPTEMBER 11-15, 1995. VOLUME P396
• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 6 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airports; Conferences; Economic factors; Economics; Evaluation and assessment; Forecasting; Impact studies; Policy; Public transit; Teams; Transportation; Workshops
• Identifier Terms: European Commission; European Union
• Geographic Terms: Spain
• ITRD Terms: 1037: Airport; 8525: Conference; 263: Economics of transport; 8303: EU; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 132: Forecast; 9112: Impact study; 173: Policy; 744: Public transport; 8105: Spain; 9090: Working group
• Subject Areas: Economics; Policy; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00724090
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-86050-286-4
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Aug 19 1996 12:00AM