De-hubbing of airports and their recovery patterns

De-hubbing of airports and their recovery patterns

Journal: Air Transport Management

Author: Renato Redondi, Paolo Malighetti, Stefano Paleari

Published: 2012

Abstract

The paper analyzes cases of de-hubbing in air transport between 1997 and 2009. It initially addresses the conditions to be met for airports to be identified as de-hubbing cases. Second, it examines what happens after de-hubbing by clustering the cases into homogenous groups that show that, on average, airports that experienced de-hubbing did not recover their original traffic within five years and that de-hubbing is likely to be irreversible. When hub carriers were replaced at least partially by low-cost carriers, airports on average recovered faster. De-hubbing adversely affects the number of destinations served less severely than the seats offered by carriers.

Keywords: Airline de-hubbing; Business recovery scenarios; Airport networks

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