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Table 3 Regions of best industry knowledge (experts)

From: Internal versus external European air market realities: the competitive divide

Region

Main survey 1

Main survey 2

Interviews

Europe

23%

23%

14%

Asia

22%

26%

31%

Oceania

19%

20%

31%

North America

17%

15%

10%

Middle East

10%

9%

7%

India

4%

3%

3.5%

Latin America

2%

4%

3.5%

Africa

> 1%

0%

0%

  1. The researcher’s location in Australia at the time of the study likely explains the distribution here to some extent, especially for the interviews. Linz [22] demonstrated this point while based in Germany; his study’s expertise profile was: “Europe (49%) and North America (25%), Asia (9%), South-America (7%), Africa (5%), and Oceania (5%)” (p. 30). It should also be noted that aviation expertise is logically concentrated in the major world air markets of North America, Europe and Asia in any case [22]