| THE IMPACT OF AIR NORMALISATION BETWEEN THE TAIWAN STRAITS ON MACAU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: SCENARIO DISCUSSIONS VONG TZE NGAI Issue 24 (Vol. 12 No. 2) pp. 187-195 Political disagreement leads to a complete ban on direct air services between mainland China and Taiwan. Air travel demand across the Taiwan Straits has to rely on interline arrangement in a third country stopover. This phenomenon has benefited Hong Kong and Macau as the �ideal� transit gateways across the Taiwan Straits given their unique geopolitical factors. To consolidate as a prominent gateway, the Macau International Airport is in competition with, if not supplement to, the neighbouring Hong Kong airport which serves the same markets (mainland China and Taiwan) with the same purpose. This paper aims to evaluate the strategic viability of the Macau International Airport to sustain its current role in the present and future. |