Strategies for Sustainable Air Services Development: An airline-destination collaborative approach

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Chrystal Zhang Kareem Yarde

Strategies for Sustainable Air Services Development

An airline-destination collaborative approach

Chrystal Zhang, Kareem Yarde

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English

Routledge
02 December 2024

Development studies; Economics of industrial organisation; Transport industries; Human geography

Series: Routledge Studies in Transport Analysis

Routes are arguably the most valuable of airline assets. Although widely practised in the industry, the process of developing air connectivity has drawn very limited academic research, but this book fills in this knowledge gap.

Strategies for Sustainable Air Services Development unwraps the process of decision-making of establishing airlinks from the airline’s perspective, as well as the roles of various stakeholders including airports, tourism authorities, tourist destination organisations, local investment agencies and regional development agencies. Developed from rigorous academic research and analysis of a myriad of data sources that include interviews, surveys and workshops with industry practitioners, it presents a framework of best practices that will serve as a ‘toolkit’ and central resource point for industry professionals to initiate and establish airlinks to benefit air travellers and society at large.

The first book of its kind, it presents the most comprehensive assessment available to date of all the intricacies involved in developing airlinks. The book will equip senior and middle managers, practitioners, policy-makers and students with the practical skills and tools required to develop and design airlinks for the benefit of all stakeholders.

By: Chrystal Zhang, Kareem Yarde
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9780367202903
ISBN 10: 0367202905
Series: Routledge Studies in Transport Analysis
Pages: 308
Publication Date: 02 December 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Dr. Kareem Yarde serves as an air transport and tourism consultant. He attained his PhD at RMIT University in Melbourne Australia researching airline-destination power dynamics and the resource capabilities available to destination stakeholders to positively influence airline route decision making. He has also served as a Tourism examining committee member. Kareem’s interest in tourism and air transport are arguably governed by one central precept. He is fiercely committed to maximizing air transport and tourism’s roles as catalyst for wider socio-economic development particularly in tourism dependent economies. Dr Chrystal Zhang is an Associate Professor of Aviation in RMIT University, Australia. She has a rewarding career spanning two decades in the aviation industry having taken various senior roles in government agencies and renowned consultancy firms in China and the UK. Driven by her desire to inspire the next generation of aviation professionals she became an academia in 2011 after attaining her doctoral degree from Cranfield University. Armed with real-world insight and a commitment to excellence, she has brought a unique perspective to her teaching and devotes her research to addressing real-world problems with an impact. She has expertise in aviation regulatory compliance, strategies and air travellers’ behaviour. She regularly shares her expert comments with mainstream media outlets such as ABC News, Bloomberg, South China Morning Post, and the Conversation on pressing global aviation matters. Her research interest is in airport/airlines strategies, their relationship with destination stakeholders, and air travellers’ behaviour.