The air transport sector is important in facilitating economic growth and development. In a country made up of more than 7,000 islands, air transportation serves as the fastest mode of connectivity within the country and the rest of the world. The direct impact of the air transport sector to...

The taxation of aviation is a frequently discussed component of governments’ efforts to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. This study examines the impact of the German aviation tax on passenger numbers during the period 2011-2019 using five panel data estimators and a Specification Curve...

Since its launch in 2022 the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking (CAJU) has been at the forefront of pioneering technologies that are driving the sustainable aviation revolution, working towards the sector's target of achieving climate neutrality by 2050.

This paper offers a comprehensive analysis of the historical evolution and the current state of the aviation industry, with a particular emphasis on the critical need for this sector to decarbonize. It delves into emerging propulsion technologies such as battery electric and hydrogen-based...

In the Sakha Republic, aviation serves as the sole mode of year-round transportation, which is crucial for overcoming logistical challenges in remote areas of the region. This study utilizes DEA-SBM analysis to assess the efficiency of 21 airports in addressing issues within the Sakha Republic's...

Global aviation is a catalyst to sustainable development, fetching together human resources, enterprises, communities and ancillary trades along with tourism. Secure, trustworthy, well-organized and lucrative air transport is an indispensable constituent of a wider mobility tactic to help...

This article analyzes the PRC’s lawfare against the United States and its allies in the maritime, aviation, and information technology domains. In the maritime and aviation domains, the PRC is using lawfare to take control of the South China Sea without firing a shot. In the information...

During the recent past, passenger air transport has been recovering from its significant retraction during the Covid-19 pandemic. If the recent significant drop in air traffic due to the pandemic acted as an external mitigating factor to airport traffic congestion in several major airports...

Background: The purpose of this study is to provide an assessment of international airports and airlines, 'IAAs', and to organize and classify the literature on air transport to stage the importance of this topic and encourage future research in the projection of the aviation and tourism...

The objective of this study is to support the European Commission with evaluating the performance of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in relation to its mandate, including the main objectives and tasks contained therein. In particular, the latest revision of the mandate,...

Currently, flight delays are common and they propagate from an originating flight to connecting flights, leading to large disruptions in the overall schedule. These disruptions cause massive economic losses, affect airlines' reputations, waste passengers' time and money, and directly impact the...

This study examines the impact of bilateral air service agreements (BASAs) on air passenger transport in Africa and quantifies the consumer welfare effects associated with air transport liberalization. Using data for 71 country pairs from Africa observed over the period 2011-2019, the paper...

With the European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI), Germany has made its claim as the leader in European air defence. Taking a joint approach to defence is a good step forward, but difficult to implement. Important European partners, above all France and Italy, are currently unwilling to follow...

Commercial airplanes are vectors of infectious disease, advancing, if not sparking, global epidemics and potentially pandemics by exporting pathogens from endemic areas of the world to non-endemic places. For example, according to the global scientific community, the Zika virus was introduced to...

The airline market is constantly evolving and requires managers to adopt strategies to meet the changing demands and organizational requirements of the sector. As a result of its liberalization, the European market has transformed from a set of national protected sectors to a single sector....

First of all, it is important to consider factors that affect the airline industry in order to derive policy directions for industrial development. According to Hyun-Mo Kim (2010), there are three influence factors of the airline industry: airline strategies, internal variables, and external...

Foundations of Aviation Law -- Early Development in Air Law -- Convention on International Civil Aviation -- International Civil Aviation Organization -- International Air Transport -- Criminal Aviation Law -- Contractual Liability -- Third Party Liability and Damage on the Surface -- Aviation...

Introduction to international aviation law -- Sources of aviation law -- The law and legal systems -- The regulation of aviation -- Contract law -- Tort law -- Employment and industrial law -- Criminal law -- Commercial law and competition law -- International carriage by air -- Airline...

"The purpose of this book is twofold. First, it lays out the forces that shaped the international aviation industry and that changed all the rules in the drive for liberalization. Second, it looks at the many interesting and difficult choices ahead that the airline industry in general and the...

The trafficking of persons -- The migration of the African labour force -- Footbal's regulatory space and the role of FIFA -- Identifying and evaluating the performance of FIFA's anti-trafficking regulations -- Evaluating the social, systemic, and structural factors affecting FIFA's...

The air transport sector is important in facilitating economic growth and development. In a country made up of more than 7,000 islands, air transportation serves as the fastest mode of connectivity within the country and the rest of the world. The direct impact of the air transport sector to...

Since the mid-1980s, the UK’s aviation sector has undergone substantial liberalisation. This was a great success story as far as it went. But two major components have bucked that overall liberalisation trend: airport capacity, and the allocation of take-off and landing slots. These are the...

Change is the only constant. 25th march 2020- a red letter day in the world calendar of the 21st century. Industries witnessed the unprecedented. While each new day spelt doom for yet another industry, a handful of companies started rolling in the big bucks. Aviation, entertainment, hospitality,...

India emerged as the ninth -largest aviation market globally, with more than 120 operational airports, notably 34 internationally operating, complemented by increasing arguments and counterarguments regarding the aviation's contribution to the climate change. There is an urgent need to assess,...

The COVID-19 pandemic is posing an existential threat to the air transport sector globally, including in Africa. Due to sustained and significant loss of revenue coupled with the presence of several fixed and quasi-fixed inputs in this sector, the survival of carriers is questionable in the...