DEVELOPMENT STATUS AND PROSPECTS FOR AVIATION HUBS — A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE MAJOR AIRPORTS IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA

Winai Homsombat, Zheng Lei () and Xiaowen Fu ()
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Zheng Lei: Department of Air Transport, Cranfield University, College Road, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, MK43 0AL, United Kingdom
Xiaowen Fu: Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, Faculty of Business, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR

The Singapore Economic Review (SER), 2011, vol. 56, issue 04, 573-591

Abstract: This paper benchmarks the key performance measures of the hub airports in Southeast Asia. Our investigation suggests that (1) Hong Kong has been a leader in terms of network connectivity, traffic growth, hub airline developments, and cargo logistics. (2) Bangkok airport's growth has been constrained by political instability and weak hub airline development; in the long-run, the airport, however, has great potential. (3) The development of low-cost carriers have become a major driver for traffic growth, but the implications to airport connectivity have been unclear. (4) Despite limited progress on regional liberalization, intra-Asian routes have clearly contributed to traffic growth and hub airport connectivity. (5) Governments should safeguard airline competition by promoting market liberalization and airport capacity investments.

Keywords: Airport competition; network connectivity; regional aviation hub (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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