Investigating the Shallenges and Strategies for the Development of the Air Transport Industry

Considering the importance and effectiveness of transportation in regional and local development in countries, this article examines the challenges and strategies for the development of the air transport industry as one of the sub-sectors of the transportation industry. According to the results of research, it can be concluded that the value added of the air transport industry and the level of wages and the price of capital as the price of factors of production in this sector are the most important factors in increasing production, employment and labor force in These sections are in Iran. This seems to be due to the fact that in the past few years, for various reasons, including international sanctions, the provision of foreign exchange resources, and the depletion of fleets and equipment in the air transport industry, the negative impact of the corona epidemic on the transportation economy Transportation, high investment has not been made in Iran's air transport sector, and due to the lack of sufficient capacity in this sector, in many cases, shortages can be observed. Therefore, the increase in value added in this industry leads to an increase in demand for labor and increases employment. On the other hand, because most of the people working in this sector are professionals and educated people, the added value that these people create is much higher than other sub-sectors of transportation. Therefore, aviation, while being one of the most important sub-sectors of services for regional and local economic development, has the capacity to invest in this sector, a significant increase in macroeconomic variables in the country, including employment create...