The Role of Air Cargo Between Air Transport Development and Environmental Sustainability

Ümit Çelebi

doi:10.5281/zenodo.10440044

The Role of Air Cargo Between Air Transport Development and Environmental Sustainability

Abstract

Development of air transport is important for trade, competitiveness, and growth of the economies. For trade to be competitive, continued investment to improve air transport infrastructure is necessary for meeting increasing demand for air cargo providing fast deliveries of high value and time sensitive goods. While the development of air transport and air cargo is beneficial for the economy, it has negative consequences on environment. For environment to be sustainable, development of air transport and air cargo has an important role to play. This study therefore aims to find out what effect the development of air transport has on environmental sustainability and on this effect what role air cargo plays. Based on the Baron & Kenny mediator analysis, cross country data set was tested by multiple regression and Sobel test. The results show that the development of air transport has a negative effect on environmental sustainability and on this effect air cargo is a partial mediator. By introducing air cargo as a mediator in the relationship, the negative effect of air transport development on environmental sustainability weakens but its significance remains.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Air Transportation and Freight Services

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Ümit Çelebi ^* This is me
Türkiye

Publication Date

December 31, 2023

Submission Date

November 20, 2023

Acceptance Date

December 28, 2023

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Year 2023 Volume: 3 Number: 2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10440044

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APA

Çelebi, Ü. (2023). The Role of Air Cargo Between Air Transport Development and Environmental Sustainability. Research in Aviation Management (RAM), 3(2), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10440044

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1.Çelebi Ü. The Role of Air Cargo Between Air Transport Development and Environmental Sustainability. Research in Aviation Management (RAM). 2023;3(2):1-11. doi:10.5281/zenodo.10440044

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Çelebi, Ümit. 2023. “The Role of Air Cargo Between Air Transport Development and Environmental Sustainability”. Research in Aviation Management (RAM) 3 (2): 1-11. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10440044.

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Çelebi Ü (December 1, 2023) The Role of Air Cargo Between Air Transport Development and Environmental Sustainability. Research in Aviation Management (RAM) 3 2 1–11.

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[1]Ü. Çelebi, “The Role of Air Cargo Between Air Transport Development and Environmental Sustainability”, Research in Aviation Management (RAM), vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 1–11, Dec. 2023, doi: 10.5281/zenodo.10440044.

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Çelebi, Ümit. “The Role of Air Cargo Between Air Transport Development and Environmental Sustainability”. Research in Aviation Management (RAM) 3/2 (December 1, 2023): 1-11. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10440044.

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Çelebi, Ümit. “The Role of Air Cargo Between Air Transport Development and Environmental Sustainability”. Research in Aviation Management (RAM), vol. 3, no. 2, Dec. 2023, pp. 1-11, doi:10.5281/zenodo.10440044.

Vancouver

1.Ümit Çelebi. The Role of Air Cargo Between Air Transport Development and Environmental Sustainability. Research in Aviation Management (RAM). 2023 Dec. 1;3(2):1-11. doi:10.5281/zenodo.10440044