Competitive interaction between airports, airlines and high-speed rail
By: Round Table 145.
Contributors: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Secretary-General.; European Conference of Ministers of Transport.; International Transport Forum.; Transport Research Centre.
Series: ITF round table -- 145
Publisher: OECD/ITF
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9789282102459; 9789282102466
Subjects: Transportation and state -- Congresses; Aeronautics -- Law and legislation -- Congresses; Airports -- Economic aspects -- Congresses; High speed trains -- Law and legislation -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Description: "This paper summarizes, structures, and provides some context for discussions of the round table mentioned in the title. The first part of the paper focuses on sources of market power for airports and on policy responses. When an airport is congested and competition with other airports is limited, regulation may be justified, and the dual till approach likely works best. In other cases, however, policy should establish conditions for competition to emerge as much as possible, instead of attempting to design a general regulatory framework. The second part of the paper discusses elements of climate change policy in aviation. Including aviation in emission trading schemes is a sensible idea, but should not be expected to produce major cuts in CO2-emissions from aviation; containing its growth possibly is a more realistic, yet ambitious, objective. High-speed rail is justified in a number of situations, but is not a general alternative for air travel and certainly not a second-best way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from aviation."--p. 11.
Notes: "Transport Research Centre."

The International Transport Forum is a body created by the European Conference of Ministers of Transport and organizes a conference annually in May.

Also published in French under title: Concurrence et interactions entre aéroports, services de transports aériens et ferroviaires.

OECD-code: 74 2009 05 1 P1.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-200).