Air Transport – A Tourism Perspective

Air Transportation and Tourism provides rigorous insights into the current complexities, synergies, and conflicts within air transportation and tourism.

Good air accessibility is a fundamental condition for the development of many tourist destinations. At the same time, the growth of tourism is essential for the well-being of airlines and airports. Air Transportation and Tourism provides a balanced, comprehensive, contemporary, and global analysis of the topic, thoroughly examining the links between theory and practice. The book offers readers a multi-sector global perspective on the practical implications of the linkages between air transport and tourism.

The book uses a novel approach by systematically exploring the successive stages of the tourist trip—investigating reasons for flying and travelling decisions; the airport experience; airline industry structures, competition and regulation; and air transportation and destination interrelationships—providing a full appreciation of the critical issues of air transportation and tourism. The book explores current and salient debates on such issues as the influence of traveling to visit friends and family, the role of charters versus Low Cost Carriers, public subsidies to support airport development, and much more.

An international team of expert contributors with proven research and publication experience in their specialist areasCutting edge analyses based on original research identify emerging research directions as well as their policy and managerial implicationsUtilizes a multidisciplinary approach to fully explore theoretical and policy concepts underpinning air transportation and tourism developmentCase studies from around the globe in each chapter

1. Introduction

PART A. THE RATIONALE FOR FLYING 2. The contemporary tourist 3. Reasons for flying 4. Limits to growth

PART B. BEFORE TRAVELLING: CHOOSING TRANSPORT MODES, AIRLINES AND AIRPORTS 5. The impact of government policy and regulation 6. Intermodal competition and tourism 7. Airport choice 8. The option of self-connection 9. Distribution trends 10. The role of the different airline business models 11. The end of european charter airlines: Myths and realities

PART C. ON THE GO: ACCESSING AIRPORTS AND THE AIRLINE AND AIRPORT EXPERIENCE 12. The role of airport surface access in the passenger journey 13. The airport experience 14. The airline - airport relationship: Allocating risks and opportunities in a vertical partnership

PART D. REACHING THE DESTINATION AND ATTRACTIONS 15. Partnerships between tourism destination stakeholders and the air transport sector 16. The airport as an attraction: The airport city and aerotropolis concept 17. The role of niche aviation operations as tourist attractions 18. Conclusion: Factors, Beliefs, and Perspectives