Sustainable and efficient transportation in special territories of the European Union through public service obligations: the case of scheduled air services serving the Spanish city of Melilla
by Antonio Martínez Raya
World Review of Intermodal Transportation Research (WRITR), Vol. 10, No. 4, 2021

Abstract: This research aims to assess the efficient use of any public support in ensuring adequate regular passenger transport services serving the city of Melilla, Spain, with mainland Europe. Considering air transportation as an essential service for remote communities, especially those located in special territories of the European Union, the free market system is not always capable of guaranteeing adequate transport modes regarding both travel fares and journey times. In this case study, three thin air routes have been analysed in the period between 2004 and 2019, showing that, on the issue of sustainable mobility, the imposition of Public Service Obligations can be extremely useful to solve the lack of competition for scheduled air services. These obligations, even in combination with resident subsidies, appear to ensure efficiently the basic air connectivity and quality of regular transport services concerned rather than by awarding regional advertising contracts.

Online publication date: Wed, 08-Dec-2021

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