Air Transport: A Tourism Perspective provides rigorous insights into the current complexities, synergies and conflicts within air transportation and tourism, presenting a balanced, comprehensive, contemporary, and global analysis that thoroughly examines the links between theory and practice. The book offers readers a multi-sector, global perspective on the practical implications of the link between air transport and tourism. By using a novel approach, it systematically explores the successive stages of a tourist's trip—investigating reasons for flying, the airport experience, airline industry structures, competition and regulation, and air transportation and destination interrelationships.
In addition, 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.
1. Chapter 1: Introduction - p. xxi 2. Part I: The Rationale for Flying - p. 8 3. Chapter 2: The Contemporary Tourist - p. 8 4. Chapter 3: Reasons for Flying - p. 22 5. Chapter 4: Limits to Growth - p. 39 6. Part II: Before Travelling: Choosing Transport Modes, Airlines, and Airports - p. 53 7. Chapter 5: The Impact of Government Policy and Regulation - p. 53 8. Chapter 6: Intermodal Competition and Tourism - p. 67 9. Chapter 7: Airport Choice - p. 81 10. Chapter 8: The Option of Self-Connection - p. 89 11. Chapter 9: Distribution Trends - p. 103 12. Chapter 10: The Role of the Different Airline Business Models - p. 124 13. Chapter 11: The End of European Charter Airlines: Myths and Realities - p. 141 14. Part III: On the Go: Accessing Airports and the Airline and Airport Experience - p. 162 15. Chapter 12: The Role of Airport Surface Access in the Passenger Journey - p. 162 16. Chapter 13: The Airport Experience - p. 175 17. Chapter 14: The Airline–Airport Relationship: Allocating Risks and Opportunities in a Vertical Partnership - p. 189 18. Part IV: Reaching the Destination and Attractions - p. 199 19. Chapter 15: Partnerships Between Tourism Destination Stakeholders and the Air Transport Sector - p. 199 20. Chapter 16: The Airport as an Attraction: The Airport City and Aerotropolis Concept - p. 216 21. Chapter 17: The Role of Niche Aviation Operations as Tourist Attractions - p. 232 22. Chapter 18: Conclusions: Factors, Beliefs and Perspectives - p. 244 23. Index - p. 249
Air Transport: A Tourism Perspective provides rigorous insights into the current complexities, synergies and conflicts within air transportation and tourism, presenting a balanced, comprehensive, contemporary, and global analysis that thoroughly examines the links between theory and practice. The book offers readers a multi-sector, global perspective on the practical implications of the link between air transport and tourism. By using a novel approach, it systematically explores the successive stages of a tourist's trip—investigating reasons for flying, the airport experience, airline industry structures, competition and regulation, and air transportation and destination interrelationships.
In addition, 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.
1. Chapter 1: Introduction - p. xxi 2. Part I: The Rationale for Flying - p. 8 3. Chapter 2: The Contemporary Tourist - p. 8 4. Chapter 3: Reasons for Flying - p. 22 5. Chapter 4: Limits to Growth - p. 39 6. Part II: Before Travelling: Choosing Transport Modes, Airlines, and Airports - p. 53 7. Chapter 5: The Impact of Government Policy and Regulation - p. 53 8. Chapter 6: Intermodal Competition and Tourism - p. 67 9. Chapter 7: Airport Choice - p. 81 10. Chapter 8: The Option of Self-Connection - p. 89 11. Chapter 9: Distribution Trends - p. 103 12. Chapter 10: The Role of the Different Airline Business Models - p. 124 13. Chapter 11: The End of European Charter Airlines: Myths and Realities - p. 141 14. Part III: On the Go: Accessing Airports and the Airline and Airport Experience - p. 162 15. Chapter 12: The Role of Airport Surface Access in the Passenger Journey - p. 162 16. Chapter 13: The Airport Experience - p. 175 17. Chapter 14: The Airline–Airport Relationship: Allocating Risks and Opportunities in a Vertical Partnership - p. 189 18. Part IV: Reaching the Destination and Attractions - p. 199 19. Chapter 15: Partnerships Between Tourism Destination Stakeholders and the Air Transport Sector - p. 199 20. Chapter 16: The Airport as an Attraction: The Airport City and Aerotropolis Concept - p. 216 21. Chapter 17: The Role of Niche Aviation Operations as Tourist Attractions - p. 232 22. Chapter 18: Conclusions: Factors, Beliefs and Perspectives - p. 244 23. Index - p. 249
