Fitting Airport Privatisation to Purpose: Aligning Governance, Time and Management Focus

Authors

  • Timothy Donnet Queensland University of Technology
  • Robyn Keast Queensland University of Technology
  • Arron Walker Integrated Transport Planning Division, Department of Transport and Main Roads, Queensland, Australia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18757/ejtir.2011.11.2.2918

Abstract

Where airports were once the sole responsibility of their governments, liberalisation of economies has seen administrative interests in airport spaces divested increasingly towards market led authority.  Extant literature suggests that actions in decision spaces can be described under broad idealised forms of governance. However in looking at a sample of 18 different airports it is apparent that these classic models are insufficient to appreciate the contextual complexity of each case.  Issues of institutional arrangements, privatisation, and management focus are reviewed against existing governance modes to produce a model for informing privatisation decisions, based on the contextual needs of the individual airport and region.  Expanding governance modes to include emergent airport arrangements both contribute to the existing literature, and provides a framework to assist policy makers and those charged with the operation of airports to design effective governance models.  In progressing this framework, contributions are made to government decision makers for the development of new, or review of existing strategies for privatisation, while the private sector can identify the intent and expectations of privatisation initiatives to make better informed decisions.  

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Published

2011-04-01

How to Cite

Donnet, T., Keast, R., & Walker, A. (2011). Fitting Airport Privatisation to Purpose: Aligning Governance, Time and Management Focus. European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.18757/ejtir.2011.11.2.2918

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