Economics Report Library

Airline Fuel & Labour Costs

Analysis of airline financial data to 2008 shows the trends in fuel and labour costs.  Fuel remains the largest cost category, with regional variation.

• Market & Industry Issues
• Cost

Airline Profitability - Size and Business Model

Analysis of the 2008 results for 233 major airlines shows that record fuel prices and the impact of the great recession hit profitability across scale and business model.

• Market & Industry Issues
• Profitability

Preparing for a more competitive airports sector

by Nick Fincham and Alina Jardine-Goad, UK CAA; Any mechanism to inject competitive pressures into the airports sector would produce better outcomes for airline and their customers. The breakup of BAA's ownership of the London and lowland Scotland airports is a welcome first step. However, the nature of the market power remaining in the airports market is still likely to require economic regulation rather than reliance on Competition Law.

• Public Policy Issues
• Infrastructure

Brazil: benefits from further liberalization

• Public Policy Issues
• Commercial Freedom

Chile: benefits from further liberalization

• Public Policy Issues
• Commercial Freedom

India: benefits from further liberalization

• Public Policy Issues
• Commercial Freedom

Mauritius: benefits from further liberalization

• Public Policy Issues
• Commercial Freedom

Morocco: benefits from further liberalization

• Public Policy Issues
• Commercial Freedom

Panama: benefits from further liberalization

• Public Policy Issues
• Commercial Freedom

Peru: benefits from further liberalization

• Public Policy Issues
• Commercial Freedom