Author(s)

Ruwan Higgoda¹, M. W. Madurapperuma²

¹Airport & Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Limited, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
²Department of Accountancy, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.

Today’s economic growth is not promising without air transport, up-to-date airports infrastructure, efficient and safe airline services and international air transport networks. According to WB [1], 40% of the world-wide tourists travel by air transport. The main aim of this study is to analyze the literatures of air transport and economic growth study. A systematic literature review (SLR) method was used in order to examine related articles from ABDC list journals which are ranked on A*, A or B, published in period 1992-2018. This study gives a summary of the trends and research themes which have been identified. Key scholars, as well as their approaches and locations and citations are also mapped. The findings of this study show that there is a growing interest in researching and publishing on Air transportation and economic growth. This study fills a deficiency in specialized literature concerning air transportation in developing countries and provides a foundation for future research in the field of air transportation.

Air Transport, Airport, Aviation, Economic Growth, Tourism Growth, Systematic Literature Review

Higgoda, R. and Madurapperuma, M.W. (2019) Dynamic Nexus between Air-Transportation and Economic Growth: A Systematic Literature Review. Journal of Transportation Technologies, 9, 156-170. doi: 10.4236/jtts.2019.92010.