An analysis of the determinants of air traffic volume for European metropolitan areas

Dobruszkes, Frédéric; Lennert, Moritz; Hamme, Gilles Van

doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2010.09.003

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“…Defining catchment areas of airports and linking this to functional catchment areas of airports is, of course, very difficult. The size and shape of catchment areas differ [49,50] and are influenced by various parameters such as the availability of direct connections, the frequency of flights, but also the accessibility of the airport on landside [7]. The overlap between catchment areas and NUTS2-regions is complex, and may include the following possibilities: 1) Some catchment areas are larger than the proposed NUTS2-regions.…”

Section: Delineation Of the Study Areasmentioning

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“…One cluster comprises the central, well-developed German and Austrian regions, which are part of the 'European polygon' (cfr. [7]). There is also a Spanish cluster, where Aragon and Cantabria show bidirectional causality.…”

Section: Air Passenger Transport Versus Total Employmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Much research on this topic has been carried out for the United States of America (US) [1,2,3,4,5,6], but research elsewhere has been lacking. According to Dobruszkes et al [7], the main reason for this is the difficulty of finding homogeneous data in a multinational context. Moreover, in the US, most of the airports serve a distinct city with limited ground transport options, while, for instance, European airports are surrounded by multiple cities, creating overlapping catchment areas.…”

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“…The literature often concludes that air passenger transport has a larger influence on economic development than the other way around, although it is obvious that the socio-economic function of a region (e.g. employment and GDP) can equally influence the demand for air passenger transport services [7,10,11].…”

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“…Many authors have analyzed the impact of air connection on local economic development and some of them have demonstrated that the opposite causal relationship is less common [10]. For example Sellner and Nagl [29] estimated a seemingly unrelated regression to control for circular causality between air accessibility and GDP and investment growth while Button et al [8] utilized a Granger causality test.…”

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Air connectivity and foreign direct investments: economic effects of the introduction of new routes

Bannò

Redondi

2014

Eur. Transp. Res. Rev.

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Purpose The key research question for this study was whether the spatial network structure offered by the global airline system contributes to the development of Italian inward Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs). We argue that the introduction of a new route, by reducing firm's transport costs and facilitating tacit and complex knowledge flow, should increase the likelihood of FDI exchange between newly connected regions. Methods We employed a comparison group design considering both small and medium enterprises and large companies at the municipality level.Results The results showed that FDIs increased overall by 33.7% in the two years after opening of the new routes while FDIs in the control group decreased by 16.6%. Similar results were obtained using different measures of FDI (i.e. the number of generated employees) and by weighting the routes by their frequencies. Conclusions Given the substantial benefits that urban areas can obtain from attracting multinational firms, our results provide new evidence of the contribution of transport infrastructures to local development. From a policymaker perspective, regional policies aimed at attracting FDIs must contextually promote the development of transport infrastructure and in particular international airports. Investments to improve air transport capacity, strategies to attract both traditional and low-cost airlines, providing legal authorization or financing ground transport are all critical aspects for the success of such policies.

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Analyzing geospatial and geopolitical influences on airline competition: A Finnair case study

Ambrose,

Abdelghany

2024

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For many years Helsinki has served as a key air transport hub connecting Asia and Europe primarily through Finland's national carrier, Finnair. Yet, in February of 2022 the closure of Russian airspace ended the Siberian corridor, at least in the near term that had long served as the most efficient air transport pathway between Asia and Europe. This study examines Helsinki's historical role as a key transport hub within the theoretical context of geographic centrality and intermediacy. The optimum geospatial location of Helsinki relative to key Asian cities is explored through both marketing and operational advantages that Finnair once leveraged. The networked route structure of Finnair before and during the twin shocks of the global pandemic and subsequent Russian–Ukrainian conflict is juxtaposed against a comparison set of hub‐and‐spoke airlines yielding key insights about the evolving competitive dynamics in the region. Moreover, a key component of Finnair's Asian strategy, dubbed the 24‐h single aircraft roundtrip rotation, is elucidated with respect to its benefits for aircraft utilization and crew scheduling efficiency. This unique characteristic allows for a special expression of intermediacy that can serve as an accelerant in air transport hub development. Finally, the current challenges facing Finnair due to the geopolitical turmoil are placed within a managerial context and avenues for future research are offered.

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An analysis of the determinants of air traffic volume for European metropolitan areas

Cited by 90 publications

References 28 publications

Air Passenger Transport and Regional Development: Cause and Effect in Europe

Air Passenger Transport and Regional Development: Cause and Effect in Europe

Air connectivity and foreign direct investments: economic effects of the introduction of new routes

Analyzing geospatial and geopolitical influences on airline competition: A Finnair case study

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