Air Transport Provision

in Remoter Regions
Edited by George Williams and Svein Brthen
The first book to focus solely on this issue

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Air Transport Provision in

Edited by George Williams and Svei

The first book to focus solely on this issue,
it stems from a series of biennial conferences
devoted air-transport provision in remoter
regions, organized by the Centre for Air
Transport in Remoter Regions at Cranfield
University. The primary aim of the conferences
has been to provide an opportunity for
those responsible for operating, managing,
regulating and financing air transport services
and associated infrastructure in these areas
to be informed of the latest best-practice
initiatives, to contrast different policy
approaches and to debate potential solutions
to perennial problems.
Remoter regions has been a neglected area
of air transport, as much of the focus of public
and media attention is on the larger airlines,
airports and aircraft. While the number of
large airports in the world is in the hundreds,
there are many thousands of smaller airports
providing communities all over the globe
with vital air links. More often than not these
services and the airports to which they are
operated are loss making and require subsidies
to sustain them. There are therefore many more
interested parties involved in both providing
and deciding issues relating to the provision of
air transport in these situations, most especially
central, regional and local governments who
are charged with financing these activities.
If you count yourself among those with an
active involvement or interest in this subject
you cannot do without this book.
Order your copy today.

About the Editors

Dr. George Williams was until his retirement

in September 2009 Reader in Airline Economics
at Cranfield University. With an academic
background in Transport Economics, he has
written two books and over 50 papers and
research reports all exploring the impact of
deregulation on the airline industry. In 1998 he
was appointed Special Adviser to the UK House
of Lords European Communities Committee
enquiry into the Commissions proposals to
extend its powers to apply existing competition
provisions to air services between the EU and
third countries. He has led major studies into
airline service provision in Ireland, the
Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the
UK on behalf of the European Commission,
Government departments, regulatory
authorities, airlines and airport authorities.
Whilst at Cranfield he headed the Centre for
Air Transport in Remoter Regions.
Dr. Svein Brthen is a Professor in Transport
Economics at Molde University College in
Norway, and heads the Department of Transport
Research at Molde Research Institute. He
graduated with a BSc in Civil Engineering
(1979), a BSc in Economics (1985) and a PhD
in Transport Economics from NTNU, Norway
(2001). His research is mainly within air
transport economics, regional economics,
and economic impact assessment. He has led a
number of research projects within these areas.
Within air transport, Dr. Brthen has been
responsible for developing the methods to
be used in Norway for larger air transport
investments and he has also done both analyses
of the Norwegian STOL airport system and of
the larger airports.

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Remoter Regions

in Brthen
Contents

Introduction, George Williams

Part A Provision of Air Services and
Their Impact
1. Deciding on the right amount of air
transport in remoter regions key issues,
Svein Brthen
2. Trends in air service development within
the Highlands and Islands of Scotland
19832006, Romano Pagliari
3. Developing air services in the Azores,
Luis Silveira
4. The economic impact of air transport in
remoter regions, Jon Inge Lian
5. The marketing of small regional airports,
Nigel Halpern
Part B Subvention Mechanisms
6. European experience of public service
obligations, George Williams
7. Experience of PSO and the tendering
process in Sweden, Gran Anger,
Johan Holmr and Pr-Erik Westin
8. Tendering for and operating PSO routes,
Basil OFee
Part C Infrastructure Provision
9. Airports infrastructure in Europes remoter
regions, Rodney Fewings
10. Problems of complying with ICAO Annex
14 at Norwegian aerodromes, Are Lien
11. Developing airports in a long term
perspective the case of Troms, Norway,
Svein Brthen and Knut Fuglum

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Part D Innovation:
12. Virtual airlines: the concept of local
heroes (not) flying, Lennart Bergbom
and Johan Holmr
13. Transportation of goods and passengers to
remote areas using airships: 2 case studies
in India, Rajkumar S. Pant
14. The ICAOs tourism development route
scheme, Ian Lowden and David J. Bentley
Part E Key Future Issues
15. Aviation and climate change facing the
challenge, Olav Mosvold Larsen and
John Sjlander
16. A replacement sub-20 seat aircraft for
remoter regions operations, Andy Foster
17. Effects of reducing the high price of air
travel in remoter regions, George Williams
and Svein Brthen
Index

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