Reasons for Flying

Frédéric Dobruszkes, David Ramos-Pérez and Jean-Michel Decroly

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Abstract: This chapter proposes an overview of the reasons for flying that alternates between a focus on empirical material and methodological issues. Information gathered shows that leisure – defined here as holiday and visiting friend and relatives – is the dominant purpose of flying. This puts the alleged dominance of business travel into perspective, at least in terms of number of passengers carried. However, common statistics mask the fact that there are often multiple, combined reasons for flying. In addition, flying purposes vary across places, subject to their attributes (including social and demographic profiles, economic patterns and tourist amenities) and institutional aspects. They also change over time, both short term (seasonal cycles) and longer term (structural changes). Avenues for future research include investigating travel in developing countries, domestic travel and travel purpose, weighted by distance flown and/or by revenues generated for the airline business.

Date: 2019
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