Internationally, the recommended standards for the operation and management of civil-use airports are provided by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). In most individual countries, airports are managed directly by the government, most often under the ministry of transport. In...

This paper examines the case for internationally coordinated indirect taxes on aviation (as a source of general revenue-not (necessarily) as a source of development finance). The case for such taxes is strong: the tax burden on international aviation is currently limited, yet it contributes...

Southwest Airlines has grown into the fourth largest airline in the USA and the entire world. With its innovative low-cost lowfare no-frills business formula it has indeed revolutionized air travel.

This article examines the degree of autonomy of Hong Kong’s Airport Authority (AA). Traditionally, airport management in Hong Kong was the responsibility of the government’s Civil Aviation Department. The AA was established in 1995 to manage the new international airport at Chek Lap Kok...

...Using an International Business perspective to complement an IOanalysis, I argue that factoring international competitive incentives helps explain domestic airline merger activity.

Vorliegender Bericht beschäftigt sich mit der Entwicklung des Luftverkehrssektors im Jahre 2001.

Vorliegender Bericht befasst sich mit der Gefahr von terroristischen Anschlägen und Möglichkeiten von Versicherungen, wie sich die Luftverkehrsbranche dagegen schützen kann.

Im Weltluftverkehr werden derzeit Verluste eingeflogen. Asiatische Luftverkehrsunternehmen konnten sich diesem Trend bislang entziehen. Vor dem Hintergrund hoher Wachstumsraten im asiatisch-pazifischen Raum über die letzten Jahre hinweg hat der zivile Luftverkehr in und nach dieser Region einen...