Review of the Air Transport Sector in Tajikistan
The aviation sector in Tajikistan is struggling today under a very restrictive air transport policy. Together with it, the whole economy of the country is being deprived from the derived benefits of better connectivity, such as trade, travel, and t...
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okr-10986-194552021-04-23T14:03:46Z Review of the Air Transport Sector in Tajikistan World Bank ACCESSIBILITY ACCIDENTS ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS AIM AIR AIR CARGO AIR FARES AIR SERVICE AIR TRAFFIC AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AIR TRANSPORT AIR TRANSPORT SECTOR AIRCRAFT AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS AIRCRAFT TYPES AIRLINES AIRPORT AIRPORT FACILITIES AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AIRPORT OPERATIONS AIRPORT OPERATOR AIRPORT SERVICES AIRPORTS AVIATION FUEL AVIATION POLICY AVIATION SECTOR BAGGAGE BAGGAGE HANDLING BARRIERS TO COMPETITION BLACK MARKET BOTTLENECKS CARGO CONTAINERS CARRIERS COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE CONCRETE CROSS SUBSIDIES CROSS SUBSIDIZATION DEREGULATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC EFFECTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ENTRY BARRIERS FINANCIAL VIABILITY FIXED PRICES FLIGHT FOREIGN CARRIERS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK FREQUENT FLIGHTS FUEL FUEL PRICES GOVERNMENT BUDGET INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS INTERNATIONAL PASSENGERS INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS LIFTING LOAD FACTORS MARKET ACCESS MIDDLE EAST MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT MONOPOLISTIC BEHAVIOR NATURAL MONOPOLY NET INCOME PALLETS PARKING PASSENGER PASSENGER AIRCRAFT PASSENGER TRAFFIC PASSENGERS PAVEMENT POWER ROUND TRIP ROUTE ROUTES RUNWAY SAFETY SERVICE LEVELS SERVICE PROVIDERS STRUCTURES TARIFF SETTING TAX TRAFFIC GROWTH TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT POLICY TRANSPORTATION TRAVELERS TRUCKS VERTICAL INTEGRATION WESTERN EUROPE The aviation sector in Tajikistan is struggling today under a very restrictive air transport policy. Together with it, the whole economy of the country is being deprived from the derived benefits of better connectivity, such as trade, travel, and technology transfer. While maintaining safety as the highest single priority, the Government recognizes that the air transport policy should allow for a liberalization of the markets, allowing better connectivity with more efficient services at lower prices. The only possible way to ensure the implementation of a liberalized policy, an appropriate institutional framework needs to be in place, allowing for the complete separation between the policy maker, the technical regulator and the operation. The airline, the airport, and the air traffic control will be separated in order to assure truly competition. Currently, all operations activities are concentrated at Tajikistan State Airlines (TSA). TSA is today an inefficient company that provides poor service to its customers at prices that are high and provide an involuntary price umbrella for the competition. Its present existence was granted by a protective environment, where a concentrated institutional framework allowed regulation to be tinted by policy motivations. Instead of promoting transparency in accounting and efficiency in operations, there have been initiatives to grant further loans that would end up fueling costs and inefficiencies, while not achieving any of the promised results. At bottom, all these inefficiencies are paid by the migrant worker community that travels to Russia at unjust air fares, representing a substantial part of their earnings. A new policy that would liberalize the sector will promote efficiency and lower the costs of travel, relieving the tax on a huge mass of people, which is crucial to the economy of Tajikistan. 2014-08-19T20:19:26Z 2014-08-19T20:19:26Z 2006-06-30 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/7005962/tajikistan-review-air-transport-sector-tajikistan-policy-note http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19455 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Economic & Sector Work Europe and Central Asia Tajikistan |
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ACCESSIBILITY ACCIDENTS ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS AIM AIR AIR CARGO AIR FARES AIR SERVICE AIR TRAFFIC AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AIR TRANSPORT AIR TRANSPORT SECTOR AIRCRAFT AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS AIRCRAFT TYPES AIRLINES AIRPORT AIRPORT FACILITIES AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AIRPORT OPERATIONS AIRPORT OPERATOR AIRPORT SERVICES AIRPORTS AVIATION FUEL AVIATION POLICY AVIATION SECTOR BAGGAGE BAGGAGE HANDLING BARRIERS TO COMPETITION BLACK MARKET BOTTLENECKS CARGO CONTAINERS CARRIERS COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE CONCRETE CROSS SUBSIDIES CROSS SUBSIDIZATION DEREGULATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC EFFECTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ENTRY BARRIERS FINANCIAL VIABILITY FIXED PRICES FLIGHT FOREIGN CARRIERS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK FREQUENT FLIGHTS FUEL FUEL PRICES GOVERNMENT BUDGET INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS INTERNATIONAL PASSENGERS INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS LIFTING LOAD FACTORS MARKET ACCESS MIDDLE EAST MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT MONOPOLISTIC BEHAVIOR NATURAL MONOPOLY NET INCOME PALLETS PARKING PASSENGER PASSENGER AIRCRAFT PASSENGER TRAFFIC PASSENGERS PAVEMENT POWER ROUND TRIP ROUTE ROUTES RUNWAY SAFETY SERVICE LEVELS SERVICE PROVIDERS STRUCTURES TARIFF SETTING TAX TRAFFIC GROWTH TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT POLICY TRANSPORTATION TRAVELERS TRUCKS VERTICAL INTEGRATION WESTERN EUROPE |
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ACCESSIBILITY ACCIDENTS ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS AIM AIR AIR CARGO AIR FARES AIR SERVICE AIR TRAFFIC AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AIR TRANSPORT AIR TRANSPORT SECTOR AIRCRAFT AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS AIRCRAFT TYPES AIRLINES AIRPORT AIRPORT FACILITIES AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AIRPORT OPERATIONS AIRPORT OPERATOR AIRPORT SERVICES AIRPORTS AVIATION FUEL AVIATION POLICY AVIATION SECTOR BAGGAGE BAGGAGE HANDLING BARRIERS TO COMPETITION BLACK MARKET BOTTLENECKS CARGO CONTAINERS CARRIERS COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE CONCRETE CROSS SUBSIDIES CROSS SUBSIDIZATION DEREGULATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC EFFECTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ENTRY BARRIERS FINANCIAL VIABILITY FIXED PRICES FLIGHT FOREIGN CARRIERS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK FREQUENT FLIGHTS FUEL FUEL PRICES GOVERNMENT BUDGET INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS INTERNATIONAL PASSENGERS INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS LIFTING LOAD FACTORS MARKET ACCESS MIDDLE EAST MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT MONOPOLISTIC BEHAVIOR NATURAL MONOPOLY NET INCOME PALLETS PARKING PASSENGER PASSENGER AIRCRAFT PASSENGER TRAFFIC PASSENGERS PAVEMENT POWER ROUND TRIP ROUTE ROUTES RUNWAY SAFETY SERVICE LEVELS SERVICE PROVIDERS STRUCTURES TARIFF SETTING TAX TRAFFIC GROWTH TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT POLICY TRANSPORTATION TRAVELERS TRUCKS VERTICAL INTEGRATION WESTERN EUROPE World Bank Review of the Air Transport Sector in Tajikistan |
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The aviation sector in Tajikistan is
struggling today under a very restrictive air transport
policy. Together with it, the whole economy of the country
is being deprived from the derived benefits of better
connectivity, such as trade, travel, and technology
transfer. While maintaining safety as the highest single
priority, the Government recognizes that the air transport
policy should allow for a liberalization of the markets,
allowing better connectivity with more efficient services at
lower prices. The only possible way to ensure the
implementation of a liberalized policy, an appropriate
institutional framework needs to be in place, allowing for
the complete separation between the policy maker, the
technical regulator and the operation. The airline, the
airport, and the air traffic control will be separated in
order to assure truly competition. Currently, all operations
activities are concentrated at Tajikistan State Airlines
(TSA). TSA is today an inefficient company that provides
poor service to its customers at prices that are high and
provide an involuntary price umbrella for the competition.
Its present existence was granted by a protective
environment, where a concentrated institutional framework
allowed regulation to be tinted by policy motivations.
Instead of promoting transparency in accounting and
efficiency in operations, there have been initiatives to
grant further loans that would end up fueling costs and
inefficiencies, while not achieving any of the promised
results. At bottom, all these inefficiencies are paid by the
migrant worker community that travels to Russia at unjust
air fares, representing a substantial part of their
earnings. A new policy that would liberalize the sector will
promote efficiency and lower the costs of travel, relieving
the tax on a huge mass of people, which is crucial to the
economy of Tajikistan. |
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Review of the Air Transport Sector in Tajikistan |
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Review of the Air Transport Sector in Tajikistan |
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Review of the Air Transport Sector in Tajikistan |
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Review of the Air Transport Sector in Tajikistan |
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Review of the Air Transport Sector in Tajikistan |
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review of the air transport sector in tajikistan |
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Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/7005962/tajikistan-review-air-transport-sector-tajikistan-policy-note http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19455 |
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