The Competitive Structure of Air Transportation Sector: An Evaluation on the Liberalization Period of Turkish Air Transportation Cover Image

Havayolu Ulaştırması Sektörünün Rekabetçi Yapısı: Türk Havayolu Ulaştırmasının Açılım Dönemi Üzerine Bir Değerlendirme
The Competitive Structure of Air Transportation Sector: An Evaluation on the Liberalization Period of Turkish Air Transportation

Author(s): Onur Tutulmaz
Subject(s): International relations/trade, Management and complex organizations, Economic development
Published by: Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü
Keywords: Transportation economics; Air Transportation; Civil Aviation; Factor Productivity Turkey;

Summary/Abstract: Transportation sector today, forms an important part of the economy. Moreover, transportation sector is in a close connection with many other sectors and serves as understructure for them. Its close connections to technology leads to a continuous change and development in the transportation sector. This developing structure can explain the reason for high number of studies on detecting the change. One of the objectives of this paper is to evaluate the change and development of Turkish air transportation sector at the beginning of its reformation period. The study aims also to conduct an analysis on the competitive structure of the Turkish air transportation sector within a comparative manner. The critical point of the sectoral success can be seen as the achievement of the selected sectoral actors in the competitive atmosphere. The inspection of the Turkish air transportation shows that there are some delays in interpreting the global developments. This result is shared also by the results of the analysis of the comparative factor productivities.

  • Issue Year: 14/2016
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 111-136
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Turkish