Airport pricing and price regulation

This course is relevant for anyone who is interested in airport businesses, but also to those who are interested in aviation or even transport in general, and to those who are interested in the pricing and regulation of any type of infrastructure. More specifically, the insights apply to airports and other stakeholders in the aviation supply chain such as Air Traffic Management. They further apply to other transport industries such as the rail industry but also to the management of infrastructure in the, for example, telecommunication or energy sectors. Many of the insights taught in this course involve fundamental economic issues. We therefore hope that, with this course, we can contribute to the education of a broad range of learners with diverse backgrounds and interests.

• To analyze airport cost structures and explain why it can be better to have one big rather than a few smaller airports.
• To use abstract thinking for assessing complex airport pricing and regulatory scenarios.
• To differentiate among various airport pricing strategies and their implications for airport profits, airport users, and the whole society.
• To distinguish among different regulatory approaches to airport pricing and their potential for unintended consequences.
• The role of airport concession businesses for pricing and price regulation
• To assess the outcome of an Australian legal dispute between an airline and an airport. (Verified Learners)

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