Reasons for Flying

Is high-speed rail socially exclusive? An evidence-based worldwide analysis

“…It is very clear from Appendix 5 that the dominant reason people travel by HSR is business, even though leisure and/or VFR (visits to friends and relatives) travel can dominate in certain markets. This clearly contrasts with air travel, where personal reasons outweigh business motivations (Dobruszkes et al, 2019).…”

Do scale and the type of markets matter? Revisiting the determinants of passenger air services worldwide

“…Tourism is well known as a key driver of air traffic. In many air markets, holidays are clearly the dominant travel purpose, well before business and VFR (visit-tofriends-and-relatives) motives (Dobruszkes et al, 2019). However, there is no unique definition of tourism.…”

The determinants of air passenger traffic at Turkish airports

“…Boonekamp et al (2018), using a comprehensive gravity model and a two-stage least-square technique, and Choo (2018), employing fixed and random effect models, both found that the impact of migration significantly increases air traffic. Dobruszkes et al (2019) note that visits to friends and relatives (VFR) are usually the second most important reason people fly, only below holiday travel.…”