Privatising Bratislava: Small Airport - Big Problem

Tomová, Anna (2011): Privatising Bratislava: Small Airport - Big Problem.

Abstract

In the paper we describe genezis of decentralisation and corporatisation of airport sector in the Slovak Republic to reveal circumstances influencing expected decision about Bratislava airport privatisation in 2011. Special attention is devoted to unmasking the political umbrella of process in which - as it is known from other privatisation cases worldwide - there is not sufficient space for expert opinions and judgment. We confront various attitudes regarding to Bratislava Airport privatisation. We also explain Bratislava Airport privatisation in light of overall privatisation status of Slovakian airports. In quantitative way we compare Bratislava Airport performance with the main competitor Vienna Airport that is very often seen as the key problem of Bratislava Airport privatisation with regard to overlapping catchment areas of the airports. Comparison of economic performance, as well as airport charges of both airports is made in the paper. The paper does not try to identify the best privatisation arrangement for Bratislava Airport as it is primarily focused on documenting perplexity and intricacy of privatisation of a small airport that could be a big problem and fiscalized matter.In the paper also some considerations are made with regard to some airports competition issues.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: airport, privatisation, public-private partnership, spatial competition, Central and Eastern Europe
• Subjects: L - Industrial Organization > L3 - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise > L33 - Comparison of Public and Private Enterprises and Nonprofit Institutions ; Privatization ; Contracting Out; D - Microeconomics > D4 - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design > D49 - Other

References

TOMOVÁ, A. (2011) Privatising Bratislava: Small Airport - Big Problem. Presented at: Conference on Privatisation and Liberalisation with focus on Netwrok Industries and Eastern Europe, June 16 - 17, 2011, Stockholm.