Letecká doprava v Evropské unii v letech 1990 až 2014 – příklad úspěšné liberalizace?

In the early 90s of the 20th century the process of liberalization of air transport in the European Union has been fully launched. These efforts should have brought the stiff and burdened market into the new millennium because as the globalized world was grew, there has been a need for an an efficient air transportation. This study is retrospectively going through the process of liberalization as it really happened, and because of the time space we can evaluate its success or failure. Introductory chapters deal with a brief history with an emphasis on the legislative process of liberalization, explaining important concepts and theoretical basis. Subsequently attention in other chapters devoted to the years 1990- 2014 and based on the data analysis is comprised of the answer to the main hypothesis of work. The main objective, and so hypothesis, is therefore to answer the question whether the process of deregulation of the air transport segment was truly successful. To do so it was necessary to analyze lots of data, topics and studies. Thanks to these analyses, this work is able to show in detail the whole process of liberalization from the beginning until now. It is therefore possible to formulate a conclusion that the process of liberalization has been successful and that it has significantly changed the whole market. It has become more attractive for demand, the supply and the overall significance of air transport has increased. However, despite the initial high expectations, the entire process is very slow and almost until the new millennium no significant results were observed. There are still great challenges and unfinished process in the presence, to which plenty of attention needs to be paid.