Lessons learnt from the market for air freight ground handling at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol |
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| Institution: | 1. Head Aviation Cluster, SEO Economic Research, Roetersstraat 29, 1018 WB Amsterdam, The Netherlands;2. Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands;3. Schiphol Group, The Netherlands;1. Cranfield University, United Kingdom;2. University of Westminster, United Kingdom;1. Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management (TU Delft), The Netherlands;2. Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (University of Amsterdam), The Netherlands;1. Department of Geography, University of North Carolina Greensboro, PO Box 26170, Greensboro, NC, 27402-6170, USA;2. School of Urban & Regional Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China |
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| Abstract: | On 16 April 2013, the European Parliament adopted a new, amended airport ground handling Regulation, which will replace the old Directive 96/67 EC on ground handling services. The new Regulation will further open up European airports for competition on the ground handling market. Even long before the introduction of Directive 96/67/EC, Amsterdam Airport has had a liberalised handling regime. Against the background of the further liberalisation of the European ground handling market, this paper investigates the characteristics of the open ground handling market for air cargo at Amsterdam Airport and the lessons that can be learnt from the Amsterdam experience. We find that an open handling market brings greater freedom of choice for airlines and lower handling fees. However, we do not see any (serious) market failure for the airport that would justify intervention by the market regulator, by limiting the number of handlers for example. |
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| Keywords: | Ground handling Air freight Market failure Liberalisation |
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