Title:
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How Do Airlines React to Airport Congestion? The Role of Networks
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Author:
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Fageda, Xavier, 1975-; Flores-Fillol, Ricardo
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Other authors:
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Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Departament d'Economia; Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Centre de Recerca en Economia Industrial i Economia Pública |
Abstract:
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In this paper, we investigate the relationship between airline network structure and airport
congestion. More specifically, we study the ways in which airlines adjust frequencies to
delays (as a measure of airport congestion) depending on the network type they operate.
Our results suggest that network structure has a fundamental impact. Thus, while airlines
operating fully-connected configurations reduce frequencies in response to more frequent
delays, airlines operating hub-and-spoke structures increase frequencies. Therefore, network airlines have incentives to keep frequencies high even if this is at the expense of a
greater congestion at their hub airports. This result sheds light on previously unclear
results in the literature.
Keywords: airline networks; airport congestion; delays.
JEL Classification Numbers: L13; L93; R41. |
Publication date:
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2015 |
Subject (UDC):
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338 - Situació econòmica. Política econòmica. Gestió, control i planificació de l'economia. Producció. Serveis. Turisme. Preus |
Subject(s):
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Aeroports Aviació comercial Oligopolis Transport |
Rights:
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Pages:
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30 p. |
Document type:
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Working Paper |
Published by:
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Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Departament d'Economia
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Collection:
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Documents de treball del Departament d'Economia;2015-30
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