Competitions among international hub airports in the East Asia region

Research Project

Project/Area Number	26360087
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Tourism Studies
Research Institution	Kyoto University of Foreign Studies (2015-2017) Kobe Shukugawa Gakuin University (2014)
Principal Investigator	Mantani Wakako 京都外国語大学, 外国語学部, 講師 (50701231)
Research Collaborator	SULTAN T. Ahmed Kuwait International Airport, Air Transport Department, Directorate General of Civil Aviation
Project Period (FY)	2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Keywords	空港政策 / 航空政策 / 東アジアハブ空港競争 / 航空ネットワーク / 観光政策 / 訪日インバウンド
Outline of Final Research Achievements	Airports are no longer just providing infrastructure for airlines, but have evolved to a more sophisticated market entity with diversified revenue streams. Competition in Asia have been on the upswing and the recent emergence of low cost carriers and cargo market encourages greater competition. This paper focuses on factors of passengers’ airport choices, especially in East Asia in order to find out the updates and practical information on global airports’ non-aeronautical revenue performance and management trends within the industry. For airports, it is crucial to obtain the creation and provision of innovative products and services are key in ensuring airports tap into untapped sales and marketing opportunities and create new revenue streams from airlines, passengers and event non-flying airport visitors.