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Whereas the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 put an end to airline subsidization in the USA, things look quite different in the European Union: after more than a decade of discussions about liberalization and the advent of the single market, most European routes are still monopolies or duopolies with state aid to airlines featuring prominently. Why has air transport liberalization made so little progress? What are the prospects for the future?
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Eaton, J. Flying the flag for subsidies—Prospects for Airline Deregulation in Europe. Intereconomics 31, 147–152 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02930442
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