ASEAN Open Skies and Its Implications on Airport Development Strategy in Malaysia: Comments

This presentation comments on Tham Siew Yean's paper "ASEAN Open Skies and its Implications on Airport Development Strategy" in Malaysia. It comprises a review of the topics, questions, and analysis in the paper. The presentation puts forward arguments on the two main questions of the paper, namely, the implication of open skies in ASEAN on airport development and of implementing a hub strategy policy. It was presented at the Latin America/Caribbean and Asia/Pacific Economics and Business Association (LAEBA)'s 4th Annual Meeting, held in Lima, Peru on June 17th, 2008.