Cooperazione e competizione nel mercato aereo: scenario corrente, possibili evoluzioni e strumenti analitici

Since the advent of the liberalization process, both the airport and the airline have witnessed substantial changes. The greatest improvement in airport management has been the adoption of more commercial-oriented and efficient policies. Traditional forms of regulations as well as the characteristics of the commercial management have been investigated. A sample of twelve countries has been chosen in order to investigate the situation of air transport market worldwide, among those there are countries with a mature airport system as well as emerging countries. The traffic distribution at airports has been analysed with the HHI to highlight airports with a concentration higher than 0,25 (according to US normative); the airport system has been analysed through the use of both the Gini concentration index and the Dominance Index. Finally, the games theory has proven to be a valid support to the study of air traffic market, even by the use of simple Prisoner’s dilemma-like games.