Gauging the effectiveness of airline schedule buffers in reducing arrival delays

Jan K. Brueckner, Achim I. Czerny and Alberto Gaggero

Journal of Air Transport Management, 2025, vol. 125, issue C

Abstract: In a novel contribution to the literature on airline flight delays, this paper explores the effects of airline schedule buffers on arrival delays, showing that buffers reduce delays and are thus beneficial. The exercise relies on the approach followed in our previous work, which allows us to measure buffer sizes and flight delays by using government data on the flight sequences of individual aircraft. Our empirical results roughly match the predictions of an analytical model regarding the expected sizes of the buffer effects.

Keywords: Schedule buffers; Airlines; Flight delays (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102776

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