 A comparative study of airport connectivity in China, Europe and US: Which network provides the best service to passengers?Stefano Paleari, Renato Redondi and Paolo Malighetti Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2010, vol. 46, issue 2, 198-210 Abstract: This paper investigates the connectivity of the airport networks in China, Europe and US. Our aim is to analyze which network is most beneficial to final passengers in terms of travel time and which of the network features lead to such a result. A time-dependent minimum path approach is employed to calculate the minimum travel time between each pair of airports in the three networks, inclusive of flight times and waiting times in intermediate airports. We evaluate each fastest indirect connection in terms of waiting times and routing factors to consider the effect of the hubs' coordination and locations. The Chinese network provides the quickest travels for passengers, but this performance is explained by a small number of airports per inhabitant. The US network is the most coordinated when considering indirect connections. The EU network provides the most homogeneous level of service when comparing airports of different sizes. Keywords: Airport; connectivity; Network; features; Travel; time (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:transe:v:46:y:2010:i:2:p:198-210 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review is currently edited by W. Talley More articles in Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review from Elsevier |
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