Competition for long-haul connecting traffic among airports in Europe and the Middle East

Tobias Grosche, Richard Klophaus and Seredyński, Adam

Journal of Air Transport Management, 2017, vol. 64, issue PA, 3-14

Abstract: This paper analyzes the competitive position of major hub airports in Europe and the Middle East for long-haul connecting traffic. We apply a connection builder to construct competitive flight connections. A stand out feature of the proposed connection builder is the calibration of the model parameters using booking data, composed of actual passenger demand between a given origin and destination (O&D) market. The methodology is applied to measure competition between hubs using flight schedule data to calculate connectivity measures like the number of city-pairs connected via a hub airport. Our results show that the Middle Eastern hubs have improved their competitive position, while the European hubs are more exposed to competition than their Middle Eastern counterparts.

Keywords: Hub competition; Connectivity analysis; Network management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2017.06.019

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