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Policy issues and planning of UK regional airports |
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| Authors: | Ian Humphreys Graham Francis |
| Institution: | 1. Transport Studies Group, Department of Civil and Building Eng., Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, UK;2. Department of Accounting, Waikato Management School, Waikato University, Hamilton, New Zealand;1. School of Economics, China Center for Economic Development and Innovation Strategy Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510632, China;2. Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, University of Lisbon, Rua Miguel Lupi, 20, 1249-078 Lisbon, Portugal;3. Institute of Resource, Environment and Sustainable Development, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510632, China;1. Frenkova 3, SI-6280, Ankaran, Slovenia;2. University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, Jamova cesta 2, SI-1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia;3. Universita di Trieste, Dipartimento di Scienze Ecomoniche, Aziendali, Matematiche e Statistiche (DEAMS), Via Velerio 4/1, IT-34127, Trieste, Italy;4. University of Primorska, Faculty of Tourism Studies – Turistica, Obala 11a, SI-6320, Portoro?, Slovenia |
| Abstract: | The principal motivation for this paper is to examine the policy issues for UK regional airports within the air transport system with particular reference to airport airline relationships. The geography of airline route networks is considered a key factor that determines location of the pressure for infrastructure development. Regional airports policy is considered in this context. The problems of the resultant concentration of air traffic has largely been ignored up until now and so this paper seeks highlight the issues this presents to policy makers. The paper reviews the changing regional airport ownership patterns and examines a range of implications. It then explores the policy implications for the future regulation and development of the air transport system. The authors contend that regulation and the planning system are the only two remaining policy levers for government to guide privately owned airlines, privately owned airports and commercialised airports towards national policy goals. |
| Keywords: | Airport policy Regional airports Commercialisation Airlines |
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