Is increasing aircraft size common practice of airlines at congested airports? |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China;2. Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada;3. Transport Institute, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada;4. Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada;5. China Academy of Financial Research, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China;1. Cranfield University, Centre for Air Transport Management, MK43 0TR Bedfordshire, United Kingdom;2. University of Edinburgh Business School, Management Science and Business Economics Group, EH8 9JS Edinburgh, United Kingdom;3. Statistics Division, Department of Computer and Information Science, Linköping University, 581 83 Linköping, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | If the overall demand for air transport grows, but additional airport capacity is not available at congested airports, we could assume that airlines will offer flights with more seats in order to cope with the demand. An analysis of frequency and average seat capacity developments at congested, and not yet congested airports, has shown that the hypothesis of bigger aircraft being used in congested situations is valid in most instances, although not at all airports. The objective of this paper is to report on an analysis of the development of average seat capacity at congested airports, in contrast to the situation at not yet congested airports, and to find out the reasons for airlines increasing the number of seats at congested airports, by means of a statistical model using variables including the degree of airport congestion and average flight distance. |
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| Keywords: | Airport capacity Airport utilisation Airport congestion Average seat capacity Causal factors of average seat capacity development |
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