Liberalization in German air transport — analysis and competition policy recommendations

Hansjochen Ehmer

Journal of Air Transport Management, 2001, vol. 7, issue 1, 51-55

Abstract: This article shows the actual situation in the air transport liberalization process of Germany and the potential way of how it may develop into an extensively liberalized airline market. The starting point is the liberalization of the European and the north atlantic air transport market. These markets show positive results so that further liberalization of other markets is desirable. In an extensively liberalized airline market the role of the state is limited to set parameters for competition to become sustainable without affecting safety, social or environmental standards. For this a competition concept on the base of the model of contestable markets is proposed as well as further liberalization of the fifth and sixth freedom markets. Finally, a continuous market observation system seems to be appropriate to hinder anticompetitive behaviour.

Keywords: Liberalization process; Competition concept; Airline markets with free competition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1016/S0969-6997(00)00032-6

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