Common Contracts

The developments in the competition in the transatlantic air transport market in the periods before and after the implementation of the US-EU Open Skies Agreement

September 17th, 2014

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  September 17th, 2014

In 2008, the US-EU Open Skies Agreement entered into force. This agreement opened up the transatlantic air transport market by introducing liberal measures to this market. One of the objectives of the agreement is to promote competition in the transatlantic air transport market. This objective will be the guidance in this study, since this study will analyse the development of competition in the transatlantic market. In order to do so, the study will analyse various variables which are possibly related to competition. These variables are divided into two groups, on the one hand there are variables that influence competition, and on the other hand there are variables which are effects of the competition. The variables possibly related to competition will be described and analysed for periods before and after the implementation of the US-EU Open Skies Agreement.