THE EFFECT OF LIBERALIZED AIR TRANSPORT BILATERALS ON FOREIGN TRAFFICDIVERSION - THE CASE OF CANADA

This paper investigates the effects of Canada's facilitating bilateral air agreements with the UK, The Netherlands, and Germany, on the volu me of visitors from those countries to Canada. It also studies the eff ects of the US liberal bilateral air agreements on diverting Canadian foreign visitors away from direct routes to routes that pass through t he US. These objectives are accomplished by estimating visitor volume models and route share models.