Connectivity of the European airport network: "self-help hubbing" and business implications

Paolo Malighetti (paolo.malighetti@unibg.it), Stefano Paleari (stefano.paleari@unibg.it) and Renato Redondi (renato.redondi@unibg.it)

No 710, Working Papers from Department of Management, Information and Production Engineering, University of Bergamo

Abstract: This paper investigates the connectivity of the European air transportation network. A timedependent minimum path approach is employed to calculate the minimum travel time between each pair of airports in the network, inclusive of flight times and waiting times. The connectivity offered by each alliance's network is compared with that of the overall network. The results show that roughly two-thirds of the fastest indirect connections are not operated by the alliance system; this could be exploited to enable a new passenger strategy of "self-help hubbing".

Keywords: Indirect connectivity; European network; minimum travel time (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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