Bilateral Air Transport Agreements

Paper Summary:

The paper explains that a bilateral air transport agreement (ATA) is a convention signed by two countries by which they allow one another unrestricted civil aviation within their national boundaries. They grant each other rights to transport and take on and off, passengers, mail and cargo on their air route and territory. The paper discusses how such an agreement has both positive and negative effects, but the paper reveals that the positive outnumber the negative ones and make the contract beneficial for the development of the airline industry, economy, tourism and international relationships. The paper explains that the majority of the bilateral air service agreements must have been beneficial for both parties, since once they expired, new alliances were negotiated and formed.

Outline:
Executive Summary
Opinions and Arguments in Favor of the ATA
Rights Granted to the Parties by the ATA
Protection Issues
Unfair Competition
Monopoly
Protectionist Policies
War and Natural Calamities
Opinions and Arguments Against ATA
Restricted Pricing
Suggested Solution
Frequency on a Route
Offshoring jobs in the Airline Industry
Conclusions

From the Paper:

"There are two main reasons that support the forming of bilateral air transport agreements. First, the governments of the countries involved in the alliance believe that an international agreement and partnership could help protect themselves from numerous enemies and unfair competition.
"The second argument has a rather administrative nature and it regards the air transport companies and the travelers. In this order of ideas, the airline companies would be granted access to several airports and would be able to compete on the air services market by promoting lower prices and higher quality. Clients would be able to choose from a wider range of air transport providers the company that best met their financial and quality demands. This way, customers would be able to choose "the lowest prices that are not discriminatory.""

Sample of Sources Used:

• Air Transport Agreement between the Government of India and the Government of the United States of America, New Delhi, 14 April 2005http://dgca.nic.in/bilateral/usa_asa.pdf, last accessed on August 9, 2006
• International Air Transport Agreement, signed at Chicago, on December 7, 1944http://www.mcgill.ca/files/iasl/chicago1944c.pdf, last accessed on August 9, 2006
• The White House Official Web Site, Article The President's Trip to Europe and Russia, Fact Sheet: Air Transport Agreement, May 24, 2004http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/05/20020524-17.html, last accessed on August 9, 2006
• The Department for Transport Official Web Site, Aviation - International Services, October 17, 2005http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_aviation/documents/divisionhomepage/031491.hcsp, last accessed on August 9, 2006
• Wikipedia Encyclopedia, Bilateral Air Transport Agreement, February 26, 2006http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilateral_Air_Transport_Agreement, last accessed on August 9, 2006

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