Ratemaking in International Air Transport

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XII

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2. Introduction

   • Peter P. C. Haanappel

   Pages 1-7

3. The Regulatory Framework of International Ratemaking

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   Pages 9-32

4. Character of IATA

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   Pages 33-50

5. Organization and Activities of IATA

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   Pages 51-73

6. Government Control of International Ratemaking

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   Pages 75-91

7. The Making of IATA Fares and Rates

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   Pages 93-104

8. Non-IATA International Air Tariffs

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   Pages 105-129

9. The North Atlantic Battlefield

   • Peter P. C. Haanappel

   Pages 131-142

10. Alternatives to the Present International Ratemaking System

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    Pages 143-149

11. Postscriptum

    • Peter P. C. Haanappel

    Pages 151-152

12. Back Matter

    Pages 153-172

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Ratemaking in international air transport is a matter of vital importance for airlines, consumers and Governments. For airlines, because the level of international air fares and rates forms one of the bases of their profit-making ability. For consumers, because that level determines whether they can afford the use of international air transport. For Governments, because they, as the guardians of the interests of both the airlines and the consumers, have the task to strike a just balance between those interests. International air fares and rates are of two kinds: scheduled and non-scheduled. The International Air Transport Association (lATA), the trade association of the world's scheduled international airlines, determines, under Governmental supervision and control, uniform fares and rates for scheduled international air services. These services account for approximately seventy-five percent of total international air traffic. The remaining twenty-five percent consists of non­ scheduled, or charter international air services. International charter air fares and rates are by and large set by the free forces of the marketplace, and compete with scheduled international (lATA) air fares and rates. This book studies both scheduled and charter international air fares and rates. It examines the role of airlines, airline asso­ ciations and Governments in the international ratemaking process. Furthermore, it analyses the competitive relationship between charter and scheduled international air fares and rates.

• ICAO
• USA
• air traffic
• organization

• Faculty of Law, McGill University, Canada

  Peter P. C. Haanappel

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