MarketPolicyAirportEurope
Oxera study for ACI EUROPE finds airline competition and airport capacity, not airport charges, drive air fares
Oxera's analysis of nearly 6,000 European air routes, summarised in a study titled "What Really Drives Air Fares", finds airport charges have only a limited, uncertain effect on fares, with competition and congestion mattering more.
Why It Matters: The study puts airline competition and airport capacity, not airport charges, at the centre of how European fares are formed, which bears directly on how charge regulation is argued.