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Cheaper and Faster: The Role of Air Services Agreements on Transportation


Charlotte Emlinger
Amélie Guillin

 Points clés :
  • We assess the impact of bilateral air services agreements (ASAs) on air transportation using an unique dataset providing direct observations of bilateral air transport cost and time for a standardized good, for 1,190 country-pairs, between 2011 and 2015.
  • ASAs are found to reduce transportation cost by 8% while they only impact transportation time for landlocked countries and RTA members.
  • Bilateral trade decreases cost of transport but not time.

 Résumé :
We assess the impact of bilateral air services agreements (ASAs) on air transportation using an unique dataset providing direct observations of bilateral air transport cost and time for a standardized good, for 1,190 country-pairs, between 2011 and 2015. Our results show that ASAs reduce transportation cost by 8% while they only impact transportation time for landlocked countries and RTA members. Our estimates also reveal that bilateral trade decreases cost of transport, which highlights the role of backhauling in air transportation.


 Mots-clés : Transport Cost | Transport Time | Air Services Agreements | Trade

 JEL : F14, F13, L91


Articles et documents associés :

  • "Cheaper and Faster : The Role of Air Service Agreements on Transportation", World Economy
  • CEPII Working Paper
    N°2023-17, July 2023

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    Commerce & Mondialisation
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