How air transport connects the world – A new metric of air connectivity and its evolution between 1990 and 2012 |
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| Institution: | 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: | To understand as to how scheduled air services link a region to other markets, we develop connectivity and hub centrality metrics. These metrics measure the quality of all scheduled air services in terms of frequency, detours, layover time and destination quality using a valuation scale being derived from observed passenger behavior. By computing yearly scores for 1990 to 2012, we analyze the geography of and trends in worldwide connectivity and hub centrality. While we observe significant growth of aggregate connectivity, the trends are heterogeneous with regard to the type of connectivity as well as time and location. |
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| Keywords: | Air transportation Networks Connectivity Centrality |
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