During the last decade the air transport market was marked by the emergence and development of the low cost carriers (LCCs). The LCCs market share in Europe was indeed multiplied by 3 in 4 years, going from 5% in 2002 to 16% in 2006. This major change in the air transport market has strongly...

Council Regulation (EC) 1/2003 came into force in May 2004 and replaced the mandatory notification of agreements by a regime of ex post monitoring. This paper shows that ex post monitoring is the optimal audit regime when the competition authority's probability of error is low. On the other...

The air transport sector is about to enter the European Trading Scheme progressively in 2011. The regulation of the CO2 emissions means for airlines more costs and a modification of the organization of their market. Our paper proposes a precise model of nonetheless the regulation but also of...

In air transport, the evolution of traffic depends upon many economic factors, and on the way in which the markets participants respond to those factors. Although airlines are the main actors, the airports are by no means passive, and their strategies will also have an impact on airline...

Big airports profits are more and more often coming from commercial activities such as retailing. However, commercial services are relatively far from the original mission of the airport : providing airlines with aviation services such as ground handling, terminal management or airside...

The opportunity to watch TV on a mobile phone is taking more and more importance as mobile operators are investing in new technologies allowing a better quality of the broadcasting. According to US consultants of Visiongain, 270 Millions of new subscribers, which represents 10% of the mobile...

The air transport sector is going to enter the European Trading Scheme in 2012. The regulation of CO2 emissions is costly for airlines and modifies the organization of their market. Our paper proposes an economic analysis in which the regulation but also CO2 emissions of airlines are modelled....

In air transport, the evolution of traffic depends upon many economic factors, and on the way in which the markets participants respond to those factors. Although airlines are the main actors, the airports are by no means passive, and their strategies will also have an impact on airline...

Les aides aux compagnies low-cost sont conséquentes et suscitent des plaintes de la part des compagnies concurrentes, pour exemple la plainte déposée par Air France contre Ryanair en novembre 2009. Les aides publiques conduisent toujours à des distorsions de concurrence dont les effets sont...