Wpływ tanich przewoźników lotniczych na rynek autokarowy między Polską a Wielką Brytanią

• Autorzy: Bojczuk Jakub

Warianty tytułu

EN

Influence of cheap air carriers on coach market between Poland and Great Britain

• Języki publikacji: PL

Abstrakty

EN

This article presents results from a research dissertation that aimed to discover to what extent low-cost airlines have had an impact on coach travel between Poland and the UK. A considerable amount of attention was paid to the recent growth of passenger traffic between the two countries. The withdrawal of UK restrictions on workers from new Member States, as a consequence of the EU enlargement in 2004, was one of the major factors that contributed to this growth. In the meanwhile, the EU expansion was accompanied by liberalisation of the airline market in Poland. The immediate effect of this process was the formation of low-cost airlines that made air travel more affordable and attracted many new passengers including Polish job seekers looking for inexpensive and simple ways to travel. The growing travel demand has also been accommodated by coach services that were traditionally very popular among Polish travelers even before 2004. For instance, in 2003 over half of the visits made by Polish residents to the UK were made by coach. This proportion has declined in the next year as a result of the rapidly growing air competition. However, it has been found that due to a complicated and discriminatory airline booking system, and the extensive coach network, the coach market still exists and seems to be a popular way of travelling among Polish passengers. As part of this research, it has also been discovered that the growth of airline operations and large competition within the coach market have put smaller coach operators at risk and expansion of operations to/from smaller towns in Poland and the UK is one of the key solutions to survive in the market.

Słowa kluczowe

PL

tani przewoźnik; transport lotniczy; rynek autokarowy

EN

low cost carrier; air transport; coach market

• Wydawca: Komisja Geografii Komunikacji Polskiego Towarzystwa Geograficznego ; Uniwersytet Gdański. Katedra Geografii Rozwoju Regionalnego
• Czasopismo: Prace Komisji Geografii Komunikacji PTG
• Rocznik: 2007
• Tom: T. 14
• Strony: 87--105
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 6 poz., rys., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Bojczuk Jakub

• University of Westminster, London

Bibliografia

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