Contents: Introduction and overview, Peter Forsyth, David Gillen, Jurgen Muller and Hans-Martin Niemeier; Part A How Do Airports Compete and How Strong is Competition?: Airport competition and network access: a European perspective, Peter Morrell; Airport entry and exit: a European analysis, Christiane Muller-Rostin, Hansjochen Ehmer, Ignaz Hannak, Plamena Ivanova, Hans-Martin Niemeier and Jurgen Muller; Airport pricing, Eric Pels and Erik T. Verhoef; Countervailing power to airport monopolies, Kenneth Button; Competition between major and secondary airports: implications for pricing, regulation and welfare, Peter Forsyth; Airport strategies to gain competitive advantage, Anne Graham; An empirical analysis of airport operational costs, Eric Pels, Daniel von Vuuren, Charles Ng and Piet Rietveld; Competition between airports: occurrence and strategy, Michael Tretheway and Ian Kincaid; Airport competition for freight, Michael W. Tretheway and Robert J. Andriulaitis. Part B Traveller Choice and Airport Competition: Modelling air travel behaviour, Stephane Hess; Airport choice behaviour: findings from 3 separate studies, Stephane Hess and John W. Polak; Improved modelling of competition among airports through flexible form and non-diagonal demand structures explaining flows registered within a new traffic accounting matrix, Marc Gaudry. Part C Case Studies of Airport Competition: Competition in the German airport market: an empirical investigation, Robert Malina; Competition among airports and overlapping catchment areas: an application to the state of Baden-Wurttemberg, Daniel Strobach; Airport competition in Greece: concentration and structural asymmetry, Andreas Papatheodorou; The airport industry in a competitive environment: a United Kingdom perspective, David Starkie; The effect of low-cost carriers on regional airports' revenue: evidence from the UK, Zheng Lei, Andreas Papatheodorou and Edith Szivas. Part D Policy Issues: Competition and the London airports: how effective will it be?, Peter Forsyth and Hans-Martin Niemeier; Airport alliances and multi-airport companies: implications for airport competition, Peter Forsyth, Hans-Martin Niemeier and Hartmut Wolf; Airport competing terminals: recent developments at Dublin airport, Aisling Reynolds-Feighan; Competition, state aids and low-cost carriers; a legal perspective, Hans Kristoferitsch; Subsidies and competition: an economic perspective, Dan Elliott; Competition for airport services - ground handling services in Europe.: case studies on 6 major European hubs, Cornelia Templin; Airport competition: market dominance and abuse, Peter Lewisch; Airport competition: a perspective and synthesis, Peter Forsyth; Airport competition: some key references; Indexes.