Open AccessSlovak Airports As Profit/Loss Making Entities: Consequences For Transport Policies
Author(s) -
Aleovák Sedláčková,
Denisa Švecová,
Anna Tomová
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of tourism and services
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1804-5650
DOI - 10.29036/jots.v10i19.112
Subject(s) - slovak , european union , member states , business , context (archaeology) , profit (economics) , eu countries , international trade , finance , economic policy , czech , economics , geography , philosophy , linguistics , archaeology , microeconomics
Regional airports in the European Union have been studied in several papers so far, however, not delivering a lot of knowledge of airports as profit/loss making entities. In the paper, we focus on the Slovak airports which are typical representatives of regional airports in the EU. As there is the knowledge gap in the field of airports in newer member countries of the EU, we explain the specific socio-economic context of the airports in the Slovak Republic against a background of their financial ratios. Our findings are suggestive of the need to set a clear dividing line and interface between national airport policies of member countries of the EU and the EU common airport policy.