Aviation, Inequality and Growth
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Transportation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2020) | Viewed by 2330
Special Issue Editor
Interests: air transport; regional studies; policy evaluation; economic development
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Dear Colleagues,
The provision of air transport services represent an essential tool for regional integration and development. The expansion of air services (in terms of both increased traffic in existing routes and the creation of new routes) have greatly contributed to improve global connectivity. However, such expansion tend to be concentrated in rich core regions and with a very high population density. In this vein, different agglomeration forces promote the concentration of the economic activity in few cities and regions that is reinforced by the tendency of airlines to focus their traffic in large airports to exploit density economies. Hence, the direction of the causality between aviation and growth is not clear. Keeping this in mind, air transportation may be particularly relevant for isolated or poor regions. This has led to the development of different public policies around the world aimed to support air services in regions that not fully benefit from air services under free-market conditions. Furthermore, some technological innovations like regional jets or managerial innovations like the low-cost business model may have made profitable to provide services outside the main airports. Other factors, like for example congestion at major airports, could also favor the development of less concentrated airline route networks.
This Special Issue focuses on the role of air transportation to spur economic growth and reduce regional disparities. Some of the topics of interest, while not exhaustive, include the following: i) Analysis of the causality between aviation and growth, ii) Air transport and regional convergence, iii) Evaluation of policies to sustain air services in non-core regions, iv) Airline network structure. Both quantitative analyses and case studies are welcome from an open point of view in terms of the geographical area considered.
Prof. Dr. Xavier Fageda
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Air transport
- regional studies
- policy evaluation
- economic development
