Connectivity at Chinese airports: the evolution and drivers
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Article Title | Connectivity at Chinese airports: the evolution and drivers |
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ERA Journal ID | 4298 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Zhang, Yahua (Author), Zhang, Anming (Author), Zhu, Zhenran (Author) and Wang, Kun (Author) |
Journal Title | Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice |
Journal Citation | 103, pp. 490-508 |
Number of Pages | 19 |
Year | 2017 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0191-2607 |
0965-8564 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2017.05.026 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965856417305542 |
Abstract | This study calculates the connectivity of 69 Chinese airports and identifies the underlying drivers of the variation in airport connectivity over a period 2005–2016. Our connectivity model incorporates multiple discount factors including capacity and velocity penalties to correct for the quality of a connection. We find that Chinese airports experienced a great increase in air connectivity over the study period. Beijing Capital, Shanghai Pudong and Guangzhou Baiyun are far ahead of other airports in terms of overall connectivity and especially so in terms of international connectivity. However, the growth of some tourism cities and small cities has been stagnant and they suffered losses of connectivity at times. Airport competition measured by HHI, average fare, investment in local city’s fixed asset investment and airport facilities, macroeconomic conditions, and population are found to be closely associated with an airport’s connectivity. We also find that the presence of low-cost carriers is conducive for air connectivity, while HSR has the effect of decreasing airport connectivity. |
Keywords | airport connectivity; connectivity drivers; Chinese airports; airport HHI |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 380117. Transport economics |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Commerce |
University of British Columbia, Canada | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q470w/connectivity-at-chinese-airports-the-evolution-and-drivers
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