TY  - BOOK
AU  - Trivedi, Sudhanshu 
AU  - Devkar, Ganesh (Guide)
TI  - Competition between Indian airports (Also available on CD)
U1  - MIED TH-0059 
PY  - 2015///
N1  - CONTENTS List of figures 3 List of tables 4 Unit 1-Introduction 5 Chapter 1. Introduction 6 1.1 Background 6 1.2 Aim 6 1.3 An evidence based approach 7 1.4 Objectives 7 1.5 Research methodology 7 1.6 Scope and limitations 7 1.7 Airports in India 8 1.8 Brief history of airports in India 9 1.9 Major airline operators and their market structure 10 1.10 Traffic growth 11 1.11 Components of Indian civil aviation sector 12 1.12 Civil aviation acts in India 12 1.13 Aeronautical revenue 12 1.14 Non-aeronautical revenue 12 Unit 2-Background study 13 Chapter 2. Literature Review 14 2.1 Definition of competition 14 2.2 Definition of competition policy 15 2.3 Objectives of National Competition Policy, 2011 15 2.4 Defining airport competition 16 2.5 How airports compete and how do airport market change? 16 2.6 What is airport market power? 17 2.7 Factors that contribute to airport competitiveness and how do airports compete? 18 2.8 Contribution towards major developments that lead to a change in the market 19 2.9 More footloose airlines 20 2.10 More passenger choice 23 2.11 Summary 27 Unit 3-Case studies 29 Chapter 3. Case study I 30 3.1 Schiphol airport, Amsterdam: The competition between hub airports 30 3.2 Background 30 3.3 Methodology 31 3.4 The role of direct connectivity (point-to-point) and hub connectivity 31 3.5 Airline network competition 32 3.6 Methodology 33 3.7 Travel alternatives and choice between routes 34 3.8 Model implementation and results 36 3.9 Behaviour of routes as monopoly 37 3.10 Substantial competitors to Amsterdam 38 3.11 Geographical submarkets 39 3.12 Conclusions and summary 40 Chapter 4. Case study II 41 4.1 Introduction 41 4.2 Background 41 4.3 Slotting in UK 42 4.4 Weaknesses and failures of this system 43 4.5 Dominant power of hubs 43 4.6 Approach 44 4.7 Heathrow’s experience 46 4.8 Gatwick airport’s experience 48 Unit 4-Analysis 49 Chapter 5. Slots analysis 50 5.1 Share of slots at airports 50 5.2 Main findings: 54 5.3 Share of passengers 65 5.4 Comparison between slot share and passenger share 66 Chapter 6. Defining relevant market 68 6.1 Geographic market analysis 68 Chapter 7. Product market analysis 72 7.1 Check 80 Unit 5-Conclusions 84 Chapter 8. Conclusions and recommendations 85
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