 A long drive: Interregional airport passenger “leakage” in the U.SAmy M. Kim and Megan S. Ryerson Tourism Management, 2018, vol. 65, issue C, 237-244 Abstract: Airport passenger leakage is the phenomenon of air travelers foregoing their local airport to access large hub airports with better flight options and airfares. Interregional passenger leakage has not received extensive attention from the research community; this review was conducted in light of changes in the U.S. aviation system over the last 15 years. We examine the U.S. airport passenger leakage literature, focusing specifically on leakage from small and medium airports to large airports by personal vehicle. We emphasize the need for on-going data collection, to support advanced methodological applications and development. This allows for empirically-based definitions of airport catchment in an interregional context, and support airport planning and marketing activities. We also observe a need for more attention to integrated multimodal, interregional planning – specifically, understanding the air and ground connectivity of the interregional transportation system, particularly in the U.S. where public transport provision is largely absent interregionally. Keywords: Interregional airport passenger leakage; Interregional travel; Airport passenger markets; Airport passenger choice; Airport competition; U.S. long-distance intermodal transport (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:touman:v:65:y:2018:i:c:p:237-244 DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2017.10.012 Access Statistics for this article Tourism Management is currently edited by Chris Ryan More articles in Tourism Management from Elsevier |
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