But many economists wonder why, 15 years after the airline market was deregulated, this show is taking place at all.

The foothold gained by foreign airlines is seen as a significant step in deregulation of the French airline market.

Braniff last year carried 4.3 million passengers, accounting for less than 1 percent of the domestic airline market.

The airline market in Norway was deregulated on 1 April 1994.

As the airline market in the United States became deregulated, airlines began to compete by price.

On 1 April 1997, the European airline market was fully deregulated.

On 1 April 1994, the Norwegian airline market was deregulated.

China is in the midst of a restructuring of its airline market.

Embraer recently opened an office in China to make headway into what is expected to be the next big airline market.

Today, a single European airline market exists leading to improved productivity and decreased ticket prices.