摘要：This study aims to analyze the development of the air transport industry in Europe after deregulation.The strength of competition and the ways it works represent the main subject of the study.We show what the European air transport network looks like eight years at the conclusion of the deregulation process.In the first section,the intensity of direct competition is analyzed.Data,collected from OAG,about all the scheduled flights departing from European airports show that only a few routes are being served by two or more airlines.About 70% of the routes are still monopolies.It is therefore important to understand the role played by indirect forms of competition as well as the presence of alternative routes.Indeed the recent development of secondary airports increases the chance for competition among airports.In the second part of the work it emerges that the actual geographical distribution of airports in Europe can withstand a high degree of potential competition among them.Looking at intra-European routes we found that about 40% of them can be considered as under pressure from at least one alternative route.Nevertheless a preliminary analysis of the level of fares on intra-European routes,developed in the third part of the study,shows little evidence of the role played by the presence of alternative routes.This may be due to a time gap between the emergence of direct and indirect competitors and the changing structure of the market.
关键词：This study aims to analyze the development of the air transport industry in Europe after deregulation.The strength of competition and the ways it works represent the main subject of the study.We show what the European air transport network looks like eight years at the conclusion of the deregulation process.In the first section,the intensity of direct competition is analyzed.Data,collected from OAG,about all the scheduled flights departing from European airports show that only a few routes are being served by two or more airlines.About 70% of the routes are still monopolies.It is therefore important to understand the role played by indirect forms of competition as well as the presence of alternative routes.Indeed the recent development of secondary airports increases the chance for competition among airports.In the second part of the work it emerges that the actual geographical distribution of airports in Europe can withstand a high degree of potential competition among them.Looking at intra-European routes we found that about 40% of them can be considered as under pressure from at least one alternative route.Nevertheless a preliminary analysis of the level of fares on intra-European routes,developed in the third part of the study,shows little evidence of the role played by the presence of alternative routes.This may be due to a time gap between the emergence of direct and indirect competitors and the changing structure of the market.
