The effects of new international airports and air-freight integrator's hubs on the mobility of cities in urban hierarchies: A case study in East and Southeast Asia

Abstract

This paper examines international air traffic flows from, to and within East and Southeast Asia, and in turn the hub status of cities over the years from 1982 to 2012. Its focus of attention is the effects of new international airports and integrator's hubs on the mobility of cities in a region's urban hierarchy. The results reveal that Hong Kong,

The performance of major airports in the Europe, North America and Asia

“…In the case of Asia, a total of six airports, Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK), Hong Kong International Airport (HKG), Incheon International Airport (ICN), Narita International Airport (NRT), Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) and Singapore Changi Airport (SIN), were analysed, but BKK was excluded because data could not be obtained. These are the airports that handle the most passengers and cargo in Asia (Matsumoto and Domae, 2018). These airports were also used in the study of Ha and Moon (2015).…”

“…However, like several airports in Asia and Europe mentioned earlier, eight airports, excluding Dallas/Ft Worth International Airport and George Bush Intercontinental Airport, were utilised as final samples due to limited circumstances, such as the inability to collect financial statements. Therefore, the 17 airports in this study’s three ACI regions are finally adopted for analysis as they are international airports performing hub functions (Boonekamp and Burghouwt, 2017; Matsumoto and Domae, 2018; Pacagnella et al ., 2021). The final sample airports, including operational data, such as the number of cargoes and passengers and air transport movements, are reflected in Table 1.…”

“…In the case of Asia, a total of six airports, BKK, HKG, ICN, NET, PEK, and SIN, were analysed, but BKK was excluded because data could not be obtained. These are the airports that handle the most passengers and cargo in Asia (Matsumoto and Domae, 2018). These airports were also used in the study of Ha and Moon (2015).…”

“…Therefore, the 17 airports in this study's three ACI regions are finally adopted for analysis as they are international airports performing hub functions (Boonekamp and Burghouwt, 2017;Matsumoto and Domae, 2018;Pacagnella et al, 2021). The final sample airports, including operational data, such as the number of cargoes and passengers and air transport movements, are reflected in Table 1.…”

Predicting demand for air taxi urban aviation services using machine learning algorithms

“…In recent years, urban air mobility (UAM), an emerging aviation transportation system that strives to commute passenger or cargo by air using low-altitude aircraft, is being widely investigated (Rajendran and Shulman, 2020;Straubinger et al, 2020). With the radical expansion of the aviation industry (Matsumoto and Domae, 2018), several logistics companies are venturing into this nascent market (Rajendran and Pagel, 2020). Air taxi, a form of on-demand UAM service, is expected to launch in the forthcoming years as a fast, safe and efficient mode of transport for everyday commuters in urban and semi-urban areas (Holden and Goel, 2016).…”