The impact of reforming air passenger rights in the European Union

Máster en Economía del Turismo, Transporte y Medio Ambiente

[EN] The focus of this Thesis is to analyze the next generation of aviation regulation and briefly assess the possible impact the aforementioned reform might have on the industry. The first section will concentrate on the key role air transportation plays in a global economy as well as consisely describe the history of governments' ruling on this topic. The next segment narrowly descibes and enumerates the content of the scheduled changes of passenger rights regulation within the European Union. The potential impact of these measures will then be assessed in the third fragment. Finally, during the lasta part of this Thesis it is my intention to present some empirical support for my theories through the use of short case studies found in the literature as well as wrap up this essay with my final conclusion.