Limits to air travel growth: The case of infrequent flyers |
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| Institution: | 1. University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5LS, UK;2. University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK;1. The University of Vermont Transportation Research Center, 210 Colchester Avenue, Burlington, VT 05405, USA;2. Auburn University, Department of Civil Engineering, 238 Harbert Engineering Center, Auburn, AL 36849, USA;3. Resource Systems Group, Inc. 2200 Wilson Blvd., Suite 205, Arlington, VA 22201, USA;1. University of Belgrade - Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering; Division of Airports and Air Traffic Safety, Vojvode Stepe 305, Belgrade 11000, Serbia;1. Department of Accounting, Yuan Ze University, 135 Yuan-Tung Road, Chung-Li, Taiwan, ROC;2. Department of Business Management, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan, ROC;3. Faculty of Industrial Management, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Lebuhraya Tun Razak, 26600 Gambang, Kuantan Pahang, Malaysia;4. Institute of Management Technology, Dubai International Academic City, P.O Box 345006, Dubai, United Arab Emirates;5. Department of Financial Management, National Defense University, No. 70, Sec. 2, Zhongyang North Rd., Beitou, Taipei 112, Taiwan, ROC;1. Department of Quantitative Methods for Economics & Business, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain;2. Department of Quantitative Methods for Economics & Business, University of Granada, Spain;3. Department of Quantitative Methods in Economics and TiDES Institute, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain;1. Transport Research Group, Department of Spatial Planning, TU Dortmund University, Germany;2. Faculty of Sciences, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium;3. Centre for Integrated Energy Research, Institute for Transport Studies and School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds, UK |
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| Abstract: | Most air travel forecasts predict a long-term rise in demand, with limited consideration of any limits to growth. However for any given population there will be those who have not flown recently (‘infrequent flyers’), as well as non-flyers, and little is known about these and whether they are likely to fly in the future. The aim of this paper is to analyse the characteristics of these groups and the reasons for their travel habits, using the UK as a case study. The findings show that infrequent flyers make up a heterogeneous consumer group whose non-flying is influenced more by budget constraints and personal circumstances than specific aviation factors. Comparisons with Belgian, German and Dutch infrequent flyers indicate some similarities, although there are differences in the relative importance of the reasons for not flying. The findings have implications for the aviation industry and regulators, and policy areas related to consumers and climate change. |
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| Keywords: | Air travel Frequency Non-flyers Demand UK |
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