The European Aviation Industry

Flying - the dream of human-beings had come true and
a lot has changed: starting with planes, which
offered minimal passenger capacity to luxurious
fares, we have finally arrived at the stage where
planes are even used for short distances as means of
transportation and where flights can be booked at
reasonable fares. The choice of airlines and routes
within the EU, affordable fares as well as quality
and security standards are more or less the result
of an ongoing liberalisation process of this
industry, which came into force very late compared
to other industries within the EU. For more than a
decade the air transport sector has now been part of
the Internal Market, which should, according to the
EU, one day be seen as "the domestic European
market". The book evaluates this liberalisation
process and explains where still deficiencies in the
Internal air transport Market can be found.

Autorentext

Silke was born in Austria in 1980. She holds a Diploma in Exportoriented Management fom the IMC University of Applied Sciences. Currently she works in the area of logistics for a large automobile company in Germany.

Klappentext

Flying - the dream of human-beings had come true and a lot has changed: starting with planes, which offered minimal passenger capacity to luxurious fares, we have finally arrived at the stage where planes are even used for short distances as means of transportation and where flights can be booked at reasonable fares. The choice of airlines and routes within the EU, affordable fares as well as quality and security standards are more or less the result of an ongoing liberalisation process of this industry, which came into force very late compared to other industries within the EU. For more than a decade the air transport sector has now been part of the Internal Market, which should, according to the EU, one day be seen as "the domestic European market". The book evaluates this liberalisation process and explains where still deficiencies in the Internal air transport Market can be found.