 Greek domestic air transport–industry and policy developments From post-World War II to post-liberalization1Following general elections in April 2000 and change in chair in the Ministry of Transport, the Greek Government decided to prematurely terminate the contract with speedwing and to proceed with majority privatization of Olympic Airways. Towards this the Government appointed new interim management to Olympic Airways and hired an international consulting firm to handle the privatization process.1Alexandra Fragoudaki Journal of Air Transport Management, 2000, vol. 6, issue 4, 223-232 Abstract: The aim of this paper was to examine the developments in the Greek domestic air transport market which have most recently been affected by the liberalization process in the EU towards the single aviation market. Liberalization of the Greek domestic market was profound, ending 35 years of Olympic Airways complete monopoly on all air transport activities. Developments include new privately owned airlines, inter-regional routes, lower fares in real terms on routes with competition, innovation, improved services and wider consumer choice. Increased competition stimulated demand in the domestic market that reached record levels achieved in the mid-1980s. Market consolidation started in late 1999. Keywords: EU single aviation market; Liberalization; Greek domestic 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:6:y:2000:i:4:p:223-232 DOI: 10.1016/S0969-6997(00)00016-8 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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