Challenges for the sustainable development of air transport in Central and Eastern European countries
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Vol. 8 No. 2 (2023)
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air transport, sustainable development, innovative solutions, Central and Eastern European countries
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The sustainable development concept is promoted as a theoretical frame suitable to face the challenges of the air transport market. The task is to focus on the solutions for current and future air transport strategies to provide movement of people and goods in a sustainable, equal, inclusive and efficient way. This research aims to recognise sustainable development challenges and refer to the situation of Central and Eastern European countries. The challenges to the sustainable development of air transport were grouped into environmental concerns, infrastructural and labour problems, technological change, digitalisation and changing passenger behaviour. Even though Central and Eastern European countries are lagging behind Western countries in terms of the number of passengers carried by air, they face the same challenges to the sustainable development of air transport markets. Air transport companies on their path to sustainable development should search for new, innovative solutions. There is a call for institutional changes to support sustainable initiatives.
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EC, A. (2016). European Strategy for Low-Emission Mobility. Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions 2016, COM (2016) 501 Final.
Ferrulli, P. (2016). Green airport design evaluation (GrADE)–methods and tools improving infrastructure planning. Transportation Research Procedia, 14, 3781-3790. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2016.05.463.
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Forsyth, P. (2011). Environmental and financial sustainability of air transport: Are they incompatible?. Journal of Air Transport Management, 17(1), 27-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jairtraman.2010.10.006
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Jongsaguan, S., & Ghoneim, A. (2017). Green IT/IS investments evaluation within the aviation industry: a focus on indirect cost management. Journal of Enterprise Information Management, 30(2), 206-225. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEIM-10-2015-0096
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Palmer, W. J. (2014). Will Sustainability Fly?. Ashgate Publishing Limited.
Rietveld, P., & Stough, R. R. (Eds.). (2005). Barriers to Sustainable Transport: institutions, regulation and sustainability. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203005040
Santa, S. L. B., Ribeiro, J. M. P., Mazon, G., Schneider, J., Barcelos, R. L., & de Andrade, J. B. S. O. (2020). A Green Airport model: Proposition based on social and environmental management systems. Sustainable Cities and Society, 59, 102160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2020.102160
Sarkis, J., Zhu, Q., & Lai, K. H. (2011). An organizational theoretic review of green supply chain management literature. International journal of production economics, 130(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2010.11.010
Skouloudis, A., Evangelinos, K., & Moraitis, S. (2012). Accountability and stakeholder engagement in the airport industry: An assessment of airports’ CSR reports. Journal of Air Transport Management, 18(1), 16-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jairtraman.2011.06.001
Undavalli, V., Olatunde, O. B. G., Boylu, R., Wei, C., Haeker, J., Hamilton, J., & Khandelwal, B. (2023). Recent advancements in sustainable aviation fuels. Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 136, 100876. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paerosci.2022.100876
Zhang, L., Butler, T. L., & Yang, B. (2020). Recent trends, opportunities and challenges of sustainable aviation fuel. Green Energy to Sustainability: Strategies for Global Industries, 85-110. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119152057.ch5
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Huderek-Glapska, S. (2023). Challenges for the sustainable development of air transport in Central and Eastern European countries. Journal of Sustainable Development of Transport and Logistics, 8(2), 209–218. https://doi.org/10.14254/jsdtl.2023.8-2.15
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