Challenges for air transport providers in Czech Republic and Poland

What is it about?

The aim of this paper is to find a trend in air transport behaviour in the Czech Republic and Poland, based on data collected between the years of 2004 and 2016. The choice of data period for the analysis was made because of the date when both mentioned countries joined the European Union, and availability of data. The data used in this article is provided from the Eurostat web page where many revealing statistics are collected. The correlations of indicators were chosen as a method of the analysis. It was observed that the number of passengers increased up to 30% and 460% respectively in the Czech Republic and in Poland. The authors will explain possible reasons and aspects of such behaviour in order to make some predictions for future trends in air transport. The additional aim is to understand transport processes and economic growth in neighbouring countries during the period of focus. The knowledge of conditional changes in the number of passengers utilizing air transport grants the ability to make forecasts about the needed infrastructure, number of aircrafts, pilots, and staff needed at the airports.

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Why is it important?

The increase in demand for air transport has led to specialization in a wide range of tasks. As a result of changes in the development of air transport due to the use of different tasks, it can be divided into transport aviation and general aviation. [1] Transport aviation is the transport of goods and mail in an organized manner by aircraft i.e. airplanes, helicopters and airships. This type of air transport is characterized by the highest transport speeds, adapted to the type of aircraft. The dominant mode of air transport is passenger transport. These may be scheduled flights, called scheduled flights, or non-scheduled flights, of which an example would be charter flights. In terms of coverage, we can distinguish between short, medium and long-haul passenger aviation. The attractiveness of air passenger transport is determined by the high standard of service, its speed, regularity and safety. The statistical data confirms the safety of air services in comparison with other modes of transport. All authors have strong mathematical and statistical background, and they would like to point out some dependencies, but they do not intend to interpret it very deeply from the economical point of view.

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