Journal of Airline and Airport Management: Taking off on an exciting journey into Air Transport Research

We are pleased to introduce this first and inaugural issue of the first volume of the Journal of Airline and Airport Management (JAIRM). JAIRM is an international journal that proposes and fosters discussion on the theory and application in all areas of air transport, including (but not limited to) air transport and globalization, airline and airport management. We are interested in issues related to production, logistics, operations, marketing, policy and regulation, information systems, project management, quality, as well as regional development, economics, organizational behaviour, finance and accounting in air transport research. The main objective of the journal is to provide a platform for interacting among professionals, academics, researchers, practitioners and policymakers in order to facilitate the dissemination of information, knowledge and new developments of the wide field of air transport. In order to achieve this goal, JAIRM publishes papers reporting the results of original empirical research, which can adopt confirmatory (quantitative) or explanatory (mainly qualitative) methodological approaches. Besides, theoretical essays that enhance building or extending theoretical approaches are also welcome. JAIRM has initially been conceived as a biannual journal, exclusively on-line, following an Open Access policy. Special issues dedicated to important topics on air transport will also be published regularly. Open access policy promotes development and enhances the spread of authors' contributions, fostering the development of air transport industry. JAIRM intends to be a pioneer in implementing the Open Access model within the air transport and commercial aviation industry, emulating the contribution that journals as Intangible Capital or Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management brought to their respective areas of knowledge (Simo & Sallan, 2009; Enache, Fernandez, Albareda-Sambola, Simo & Sallan, 2011).