The Air Transportation Industry

Rosário Macário is Professor and Researcher of Transportation at the Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Georresources at Instituto Superior Técnico Universidade de Lisboa, and Professor of Transport and Regional Economics at University of Antwerp. Her transport research covers all transport modes and focuses on business and systems development, mobility planning and management, regulation, policy development, and financing. She is the author and editor of several books and Editor-in-Chief of Elsevier’s journal “Case studies for Transport Policy.” Eddy Van de Voorde is a Professor of Transport Economics at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. His teaching and research activities are in air transport and logistics, maritime economics, and port economics. He has taught at several universities including the Technical University of Delft, MIT, City University in London, and Sapienza University in Rome.

1. Economic structure of the air transport business 2. The burden of a ton CO2! Emission trading systems and the air transport business 3. Labour in the aviation industry: Wages, disputes, and shocks 4. The air transportation vertical channel, the global value added and the role played by private vs public control 5. Exogenous shocks on air transport business: the effects of a global emergency 6. The impact of regulation on the airport industry: the Italian case 7. Airline pricing, incumbents and new entrants 8. The fight for airport slots: the case of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol 9. Different approaches to airport slots. Same results, same winners? 10. Black Swans or gray rhinos on the runway? The role of uncertainty in airport strategic planning 11. Making sense of airport security in small and medium-sized airports 12. How can airports influence airline behavior to reduce carbon footprint? 13. The measurement of accessibility and connectivity in air transport networks 14. Fighting for market power: the case of Norwegian airlines 15. Is privatization of ATC an economic game changer? Who gains and who loses? 16. The forwarders power play effect on competition in the air cargo industry 17. Fuel hedging: how many games can we play? 18. The effect of accidents on aircraft manufacturers' competition 19. How strategy can influence the market: recommendations and conclusions