This study analyses the structure of air traffic and its distribution among the different countries in the European Union, as well as traffic with an origin or destination in non-EU countries. Data sources are Eurostat statistics and actual flight information from EUROCONTROL. Relevant variables...

In July 2008, motivated by the expected high growth of aviation and the related impacts on climate change, the European Parliament adopted a directive to include airlines in the European Emissions Trading Scheme. This paper discusses possible impacts of this inclusion on the aviation industry in...

An artificial neural forecasting model is developed for air transport passenger analysis. It uses a preprocessing method that decomposes information to reveal relevant features from the data. It is found that neural processing outperforms the traditional econometric approach and offers...

The liberalization of international air transport services in the USA and European countries and the competition from nearby Asian countries have forced Taiwan to adjust its air transport policies and regulations. This paper proposes to raise some relevant questions about regulatory changes in...

The paper argues that the development of airline alliances depends on airlines’ resource configurations and is furthermore a function of environmental constraints forcing particular types of airlines into certain choices; of conscious, rational strategy devising; and of the degree to...

Small and regional airports frequently suffer from limited traffic given minimum fixed infrastructure requirements and insufficient revenues to cover their costs. The question is whether such airports could be structured, managed and possibly financially supported in order to survive...

This article addresses performance, financial strategy and efficiency in the worldwide civil aviation industry. The sector's basic regulation and the need for large investment are characteristics of air transport industry. These resources are financed by the company's own capital and that of...

After explaining the background of this paper and the underlying basic modelling task a short description of the working procedure and the ‘Open Sky’ scenario results are shown in detail for Hamburg airport and in general for Germany. Hamburg airport can expect to gain passengers as...

This paper describes the main changes affecting the structure of the Spanish scheduled flights market and the companies competing within it, during the period 1993–1997. This is a time span that allows us to register the first effects of deregulation. The results reveal that when new...