Airport access has become a scarce resource in civil aviation. In part 1, this thesis uses the example of Frankfurt Airport to introduce to the phenomenon of airport congestion and argues that states are under a legal obligation to prevent a situation in which airports can no longer keep pace with the rapid growth of civil air transport. In part 2, possible remedies to airport congestion at FRA are identified and discussed in depth. Part 3 concludes with the argument that the expansion of the runway system at Frankfurt Airport will prove inevitable. However, since the expansion capabilities of airports are generally limited, it is further argued that airport access will remain as a scarce resource in the future. As a result, dealing with airport congestion should not be understood as synonymous with airport expansion. Instead, all available options should be identified and employed so that airport access can be allocated on a more reflective basis, taking into account measures which will prevent or at least minimize congestion in the future.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.29796 |
| Date | January 1998 |
| Creators | Slenczka, Johannes. |
| Contributors | Milde, Michael (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Laws (Institute of Air and Space Law.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001650990, proquestno: MQ50964, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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