 Is air transport a necessity for social inclusion and economic development?Austin Smyth, Georgina Christodoulou, Nigel Dennis, Marwan AL-Azzawi and Jonathan Campbell Journal of Air Transport Management, 2012, vol. 22, issue C, 53-59 Abstract: Aviation policy makers are faced with the challenge of facilitating growing air travel in such a way that it meets environment objectives and the need to provide socially necessary air services. Various incentives have been offered to encourage the launch of new air routes or sustain existing services, such as public service obligations and the Route Development Fund. This paper provides an overview of an independent evaluation of the funding mechanism in Scotland and highlights the difficulties faced analysing the effects of the scheme and challenges faced by policy makers in making robust policy intervention decisions, given the uncertainty surrounding their effects. The results suggest that the Fund has significantly increased passenger flows and travel conditions for business and leisure passengers, and increased the gross value added impact to the wider Scottish economy. Keywords: EU Route Development Fund; Air transport policy; Air transport regulation; Essential air services; European air transport (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jaitra:v:22:y:2012:i:c:p:53-59 DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2012.01.009 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Air Transport Management is currently edited by Anne Graham More articles in Journal of Air Transport Management from Elsevier |
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