REGIONAL LIBERALIZATION IN INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT: TOWARDS NORTHEAST ASIAN OPEN SKIES

Abstract

THIS THESIS ANALYZES THE REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO THE ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT FROM THE PERSPECTIVES OF LAW AND POLICY. THE SUBJECT OF THIS ANALYSIS IS NORTHEAST ASIA (DEFINED IN THIS STUDY AS CHINA, JAPAN AND KOREA), AND THE FOCAL POINT IS A REGIONAL APPROACH TO LIBERALIZING THE INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT MARKET. IN ESSENCE, THIS THESIS INVESTIGATES THE LEGAL AND POLICY ASPECTS OF AIR TRANSPORT LIBERALIZATION IN THE NORTHEAST ASIAN MARKET AND PRESCRIBES SOLUTIONS FOR NORTHEAST ASIAN OPEN SKIES.