Air Route Authority between China and the United States: Exploring the open skies debate (original) (raw)

AIR TRANSPORT – TOURISM NEXUS: A DESTINATION MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE

The aim of current research monograph is to provide a deeper view of the complex relationship between the air transport and tourism industries. The adopted point of view – a destination perspective – enables one to go into a more detailed exploration of the topic and to consider issues that usually remain invisible at the strategic managers’ level. The elaborated destination analysis framework and the identification of common points between aviation and tourism set the groundwork for further examination of the air transport-tourism nexus. Therefore, the book would be useful both for students and researchers in the field of tourism, hospitality and destination management, and for practitioners and destination management representatives who may find interesting insights and ideas for improvement. The monograph would be suitable also for managers and representatives from the air transport industry by providing them with the other point of view – that of the local tourist destination – to consider in their strategic growth and negotiation process.

Legal Analysis of Current National Air Law of the Kyrgyz Republic: Loopholes and Perspectives of Liberalization of the Air Market // Issues in Aviation Law and Policy – Journal of College of Law, DePaul University, Volume 12, Number 3, Spring 2013, 449-482pp.

Prospects for the development of civil aviation in Kyrgyz Republic are very broad. At present the Kyrgyzstani Government is lobbying to liberalize the nation’s air legislation and implement “open skies” for foreign cargo forwarders, and further for passenger carriers, building on the fact that the country’s geographic location is economically advantageous for foreign air carriers. Although the Kyrgyz Republic is making efforts to establish favorable conditions for the development of civil aviation, the command-administrative system of economic management remained in place after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the transition to a market-based economy, lasting throughout the 1990s. This resulted in extremely unfavorable conditions for the aviation sector. The topic under consideration is one of the most urgent problems of national law, and its solution is one of the priorities of the Kyrgyz Republic. The aforementioned circumstances predefine the necessity for detailed analysis of the changes occurring at present in the regulation of air transport, both inside the country and at the bilateral level in relations between States and within regional frameworks, and for the elaboration of corresponding recommendations for improvement, considering, first, the interests of the country. The article consists of three parts. Part I surveys the establishment of civil aviation and air law development in the Kyrgyz Republic. Part II explores the loopholes in the Kyrgyzstani legislation on regulation of civil aviation. Part III discusses challenges and opportunities of civil aviation liberalization process in the Kyrgyz Republic and provides comparative legal analysis of air laws of the CIS Countries on compliance with the air transport liberalization process.