This Paper examines the demand for air travel in Australia and forecasts domestic passenger and freight aviation demand to the end of the century at five-year intervals. The analysis begins by reviewing recent trends in patronage and air fares.
The discussion of domestic aviation issues in Australia has historically focused on the passenger market.
There has not been a comprehensive study of trends and changes in the institutional and commercial parameters which affect Australia's international aviation industry since the International Civil Aviation Policy review of 1978.
Forecasts for both domestic and international aircraft movements are generated for the years 1990, 1995 and 2000.
This Information Paper details the costs of aviation accidents in Australia for 1988. Costs have been grouped into four broad categories: lost productivity; aircraft damage; insurance administration and legal; and other.
BTCE undertook this study to identify and analyse the factors which have influenced the supply and demand for air services on the Australia-Japan route and to examine the future prospects for the route.
This study has refined the methodology and expanded the scope of a previous Bureau of Transport and Communications Economics study on the cost of road accidents in Australia.
Several important aviation reform initiatives have been taken in the past five years.
This Working Paper examines past trends in the fuel efficiency of ships and aircraft, and looks at technical developments and economic factors which could yield further improvements.
This report is the fifth of a series of publications monitoring the progress of aviation reforms which the Bureau of Transport and Communications Economics produced from 1989.