Internalization of congestion at US hub airports

Itai Ater

Journal of Urban Economics, 2012, vol. 72, issue 2, 196-209

Abstract: I study delays and congestion patterns in US hub airports during periods of high flight volume. I find that these periods are longer when the share of flights operated by the hub airline is greater, and these longer periods exhibit shorter delays. These results lend support to recent theoretical work on congestion, implying that hub-airlines take into account the impact of their scheduling decisions on the congestion that they bear. The results may suggest that congestion management solutions implemented at hub airports dominated by one airline could have only a limited impact on congestion in general.

Keywords: Congestion; Air transportation; Air delays; Market concentration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H2 H23 L5 L50 L9 L93 R4 R41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2012.05.004

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