D8 (NRP 41) - Deregulation of air traffic
Overview
Background & policy context:
The NRP 41 was launched by the Federal Council at the end of 1995 to improve the scientific basis on which Switzerland's traffic problems might be solved, taking into account the growing interconnection with Europe, ecological limits, and economic and social needs. The NRP 41 aimed to become a think-tank for sustainable transport policy. Each one of the 54 projects belongs to one of the following six modules:
- A Mobility: Socio-institutional Aspects
- B Mobility: Socio-economical Aspects
- C Environment: Tools and Models for Impact Assessments
- D Political and Economic Strategies and Prerequisites
- E Traffic Management: Potentials and Impacts
- F Technologies: Potentials and Impacts
- M Materials
- S Synthesis Projects
Objectives:
The project 'Air Transport Deregulation Effects for Switzerland' investigates the possible effects which might be produced by the air transport deregulation in Europe, such as:
- The effects on the structure of the uniform European market (Chap. 1);
- The effects on the market opportunities for Swiss airlines (Chap. 2);
- The effects on the position of the Swiss intercontinental airports and regional aerodromes (Chap. 3 and 4);
- The effects on the Swiss railway traffic (Chap. 5), and;
- The effects on the environmental capacity of Swiss airports (Chap. 6).
The objectives of the project are to:
- Document the deregulation process in Europe and Switzerland according to its main features;
- State the parameters of development in air transport;
- Fathom the consequences of deregulation for airlines;
- Represent the development of the Swiss international airports and national aerodromes during the past ten years;
- Analyse the interaction of air transportation with other transportation systems; as well as
- Expose the environmental effects and the possibilities of a transportation management.
Methodology:
Publications, reports, and research results were viewed and respectively worked off, and existing databases were analysed (secondary analysis). Several aspects, have been examined, such as:
- Deregulation's scenarios;
- The market (structure, costs, prices, schedules);
- The expected air traffic volume;
- The market position of Swiss airports.
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