Air Transport Provision in Remoter Regions

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While the number of large airports in the world is in the hundreds, there are many thousands of smaller airports providing communities all over the globe with vital air links. This book stems from a series of biennial conferences devoted to issues affecting air-transport provision in remoter regions. It examines: key economic and socio-economic issues; subvention mechanisms; route development initiatives; infrastructure provision; issues affecting the provision of air services in remoter regions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction, George Williams; Part A Provision of Air Services and Their Impact: Deciding on the right amount of air transport in remoter regions - key issues, Svein Bråthen; Trends in air service development within the Highlands and Islands of Scotland 1983-2006, Romano Pagliari; Developing air services in the Azores, Luis Silveira; The economic impact of air transport in remoter regions, Jon Inge Lian; The marketing of small regional airports, Nigel Halpern. Part B Subvention Mechanisms: European experience of public service obligations, George Williams; Experience of PSO and the tendering process in Sweden, Göran Anger, Johan Holmér and Pÿr-Erik Westin; Tendering for and operating PSO routes, Basil O'Fee. Part C Infrastructure Provision: Airports infrastructure in Europe's remoter regions, Rodney Fewings; Problems of complying with ICAO Annex 14 at Norwegian aerodromes, Are Lien; Developing airports in a long term perspective - the case of Tromsÿ, Norway, Svein Bråthen and Knut Fuglum. Part D Innovation: Virtual airlines: the concept of local heroes (not) flying, Lennart Bergbom and Johan Holmér; Transportation of goods and passengers to remote areas using airships: 2 case studies in India, Rajkumar S. Pant; The ICAO's tourism development route scheme, Ian Lowden and David J. Bentley. Part E Key Future Issues: Aviation and climate change - facing the challenge, Olav Mosvold Larsen and John Sjÿlander; A replacement sub-20 seat aircraft for remoter regions operations, Andy Foster; Effects of reducing the high price of air travel in remoter regions, George Williams and Svein Bråthen; Index.