Communication via air routes is an important issue in a world organized around a web city
network. In this context, the robustness of network infrastructures, eg air transport networks …

Abstract Multiple Airport Regions (MARs) are an increasingly important element of air
transportation, enabling capacity distribution, providing redundancies, and potentially …

With the advent of multinational corporations, the traditional urban service function has' gone
global'. In order to provide services to globalizing corporate clients, the offices of major …

Aircraft fuel consumption is a very large component of airline costs. Fuel burn is also very
important because it is highly correlated with emissions and contributes directly to transport …

This paper assesses air connectivity between China and Australia for the period 2005–16
using a Connectivity Utility Model. Our direct connectivity measure shows that as a gateway …

One of the purposes of Artificial Intelligence tools is to ease the analysis of large amounts of
data. In order to support the strategic decision-making process of the airlines, this paper …

In this paper we aim to contribute to the literature on the empirical parallels between urban
hierarchies and the transport networks supporting and/or reflecting these hierarchies. We …

Although the number of directions which geographical research on transport is taking has
recently increased, the extent to which transport geography capitalises on theoretical …

This paper explores the effect of business connectivity between cities on their air traffic
connections, and in turn on their place in a region's urban hierarchy. Its focus of attention is …

Sustained airport congestion periods translate into delays, especially in hub-and-spoke
networks in which delay propagation is more evident. We examine the impact of connecting …