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- ISSN: 20708270 (online)
- https://doi.org/10.1787/20708270
Competitive Interaction between Airports, Airlines and High-Speed Rail
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.
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