Do carriers abuse the slot system to inhibit airport capacity usage? Evidence from the US experience

Hideki Fukui

Journal of Air Transport Management, 2012, vol. 24, issue C, 1-6

Abstract: This paper examines whether carriers using the US slot-constrained airports have hoarded underutilized slots by abusing the slot system. Regression analyses of the US domestic route data show that there is potential evidence that carriers have hoarded slots at LaGuardia and O'Hare. Even at National and Kennedy, hoarding behaviors are suspected on the shorter routes. The results suggest that it would be desirable to modify the slot system to reduce its vulnerability to hoarding behaviors by carriers.

Keywords: Airport slot hoarding; High frequency airline services; Aircraft sizes; US airport policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2012.04.001

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