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EAP - The Pacific Infrastructure Challenge - World Bank (2006).pdf

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In Shipping:<br />

Services are considered adequate on international and inter-island routes, which<br />

are served by public and private operators. Most routes are open to competition<br />

Shipping services to outer islands have been subsidized by governments as they<br />

are not economic to provide. Some countries, such as Fiji and Marshall Islands<br />

have introduced private sector involvement to the provision of these services. In<br />

Fiji, a franchise scheme was originally implemented. This model has been revised<br />

and a new model in which private operators supply services to a Government<br />

Shipping Corporation is being implemented.<br />

A.7 Airports and Aviation Sector Analysis<br />

Most <strong>Pacific</strong> countries are dispersed across several islands, and served by several airports 96 .<br />

Air services have an importance to <strong>Pacific</strong> countries that is beyond their normal value, due to<br />

the countries’ isolation and the lack of real surface transport alternatives in many cases. Air<br />

transport also enables tourism which varies in importance between countries, but has been<br />

identified as an area with substantial development potential. This section reviews the current<br />

performance and existing institutional arrangements for airports and air services in <strong>Pacific</strong><br />

and comparator countries.<br />

A.1.7 Benchmarking<br />

This section benchmarks the performance of <strong>Pacific</strong> Island and comparator countries<br />

airports and air services using a standard set of indicators.<br />

Airport Capacity<br />

Table A7 provides a comparison of various capacity indicators for selected <strong>Pacific</strong> and<br />

comparator country airports. Comparator countries are highlighted.<br />

96 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Pacific</strong> Regional Study (AusAid, 2004) notes that the <strong>Pacific</strong> Islands Forum Secretariat Countries<br />

(including PNG, Cook Islands, Niue and Tuvalu, and excluding Timor-Leste) have a total of 74 civilian<br />

airports between them.<br />

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