The Liberalisation of Air Transport and the Impacts on Travel and Tourism: The Case of the Azores Archipelago

This paper intends to fill a gap by analysing the changes wrought full air liberalisation and its impacts on travel tourism in Azores archipelago. study examines Tourism Planning Plan of Autonomous Region (POTRAA), new transport model several statistics related dynamics before after liberalisation, which took place 2015. Time series analyses were used, period under analysis was defined (2013–2022). The results show that entry low-cost carriers (LCCs) resulted flag having change keep being competitive. Furthermore, more extensive exposure destination through LCCs created opportunities for all airlines. directly include tourist numbers increasing inter-island, national, international flights, routes opening Europe USA, higher accommodation occupancy, market diversification.