Location
Phoenix, AZ
Topic Area
COMMERCIAL AVIATION
Abstract
The U.S. started a comprehensive campaign towards Open Skies agreement in 1992. The major benefits of Open sky agreement are reported to include increase of passenger and cargo volume between partners. This study analyzes passenger traffic and cargo volume between six African countries that have had commercial aviation with the U.S. since 1990 to 2014, and with direct flights between them. Two of the countries have had no Open Skies agreement with the U.S., while four have had Open Skies agreement beginning in 2000. A multi linear modeling process was applied on the two categories to determine whether there is a significant effect of Open Skies agreement on commercial aviation between the African countries and the U.S. The expected results are to indicate that a decision on whether the U.S. should pursue Open Skies agreement should be evaluated on case-to-case basis.
Keywords: Open skies, linearization, bilateral agreement
Start Date
17-1-2015 8:30 AM
End Date
17-1-2015 10:15 AM
Chair/Note/Host
Chair: Patti Clark
Keywords
Aviation, Open Skies Agreement, Africa, United States, Commercial Aviation
Scholarly Commons Citation
Spence, Tyler B.; Walala, Micah; and Fanjoy, Richard O., "Assessing the Commercial Aviation Impact of the Year 2000 Open Skies Agreements between the United States and African Countries with Longstanding Flights" (2015). Aviation / Aeronautics / Aerospace International Research Conference. 10.
https://commons.erau.edu/aircon/2015/Saturday/10
Assessing the Commercial Aviation Impact of the Year 2000 Open Skies Agreements between the United States and African Countries with Longstanding Flights
Phoenix, AZ
The U.S. started a comprehensive campaign towards Open Skies agreement in 1992. The major benefits of Open sky agreement are reported to include increase of passenger and cargo volume between partners. This study analyzes passenger traffic and cargo volume between six African countries that have had commercial aviation with the U.S. since 1990 to 2014, and with direct flights between them. Two of the countries have had no Open Skies agreement with the U.S., while four have had Open Skies agreement beginning in 2000. A multi linear modeling process was applied on the two categories to determine whether there is a significant effect of Open Skies agreement on commercial aviation between the African countries and the U.S. The expected results are to indicate that a decision on whether the U.S. should pursue Open Skies agreement should be evaluated on case-to-case basis.
Keywords: Open skies, linearization, bilateral agreement