REGIONAL COOPERATION AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION

CEFTA-2006 AND ANHANCING COMPETITIVENESS OF THE REGION - SOME SECTORAL ASPECTS
blockages in air traffic management system, committing the region to work together and
to improve inter-regional relationships, creating investment opportunities and enabling
capital flow to support implementation of PSO model in the region, the air traffic market
analysis can offer the following conclusions:
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Connections with main European destinations are dominant and all leading
European air carriers are already present in the region;
LCC are more and more coming - forming bases with two or three aircraft
(WizzAir in Bulgaria and Romania), but also with dominant connection to the
most developed European markets. In the expansion financing of LCC carriers
in Europe some airports have taken part (various concessions), regions (direct
or indirect “subventions”) and other subjects obtaining through the so increased
transport effects level some positive economic and social benefits;
The undeveloped network within the region is real fact - 10.1% of existing routes
(The best air connections within the region are via Vienna!)
Due to demand level, connection within the region is possible with regional
aircraft (approx. 50-100 seats), with indispensable relationship of national air
carriers, as a first step to provide and realize privatization process for some of the
most successful air carriers;
Implementation of PSO within the region would increase economic activities
level among the regional countries, economic development and progress, political
stability, continuation of the European integrations …;
Project could be partly financed in interaction of the interested parties: countries
within the region, air carriers – partners within the region, EU through institutions
of the European funds ….
The project should be thoroughly analyzed in order to be offered to the interested entities
for final evaluation and implementation.
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Air Transport Action Group-ATAG (2008): The economic and social benefits of air
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Bazargan, M. (2004): Airline Operations and Scheduling, Ashgate, Aldershot;
European Commission: European Common Aviation Area, www.eu.int ;
IATA Economic Briefing December 2008: The Impact of Recession on Air Traffic Volumes,
www.iata.org/economics
IATA Freight Forecast (2008): 2008-2012, Montreal;
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