Air transport liberalization

Abstract

This chapter explores air transport policy changes and their impacts, summarizing the key features of the policies and using them to construct indicators of the aviation environment. We then examine the performance of the national and private carriers in these countries to establish any link between their performance and national aviation policy. The relationships between the aviation environment index and the logistics performance, international traffic flows and international tourist arrivals are also explored. We begin with a review of air transport activity in South Asia.