Book Review by Willem-Jan Zondag

It should be no surprise for readers of Aerlines Magazine that the global fi nancial crisis has hit the airline industry hard. Question
raises how airlines can survive and what they have to do to transform their company into… Read more…

The international air transportation sector is a dynamic one. Think for example of the way this industry is affected by exogenous factors like… Read more…

By Daan de Jong, Bram Kaashoek and Willem-Jan Zondag

In a small European country like the Netherlands, air transport policy making by excluding the international context is simply impossible. For most (European) countries, air transport… Read more…

Book review by Willem-Jan Zondag

At present, EADS / Airbus receive loads of media coverage focusing on the A380 delivery delays. However, it’s not so long time ago that the other aircraft manufacturing giant from the US seemed the ‘bad guy’. This book… Read more…

By Willem-Jan Zondag

Last Month, I had the opportunity to pay a visit to Maes Awyr Hwlffordd (Welsh for Haverfordwest Airport), located in the picturesque county of Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK. The airport was first established in 1943 by the UK MoD. Nowadays, the airport primarily… Read more…

By Willem-Jan Zondag – Free University Amsterdam

This thesis examines competition in the air cargo industry. It is presumed that this industry consists of two sub systems according to supply characteristics:… Read more…

By Willem-Jan Zondag

This conference report gives a short impression on the thirteenth Dr. Albert Plesman Memorial Lecture that was held last December at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), the Netherlands.

by Willem-Jan Zondag  

This year’s ATRS edition was held in a very hot and sunny Toulouse, ‘le Capitale Aeronautique de France’. Toulouse is not only the aviation capital of France, but even of Europe as many aviation related organizations have their home base there. Of… Read more…