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U.S. Air Passenger Service : A Taxonomy of Route Networks, Hub Locations, and Competition, Working Paper 92-16

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U.S. Air Passenger Service : A Taxonomy of Route Networks, Hub Locations, and Competition, Working Paper 92-16

DATE: December 1992

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ABSTRACT: In this paper, we analyze the service provided by the 13 largest U.S. passenger airlines to the 100 most populous U.S. metropolitan areas in 1989. We classify the route systems by their nature and geographical extent using a variety of measures based on route-level data. We then identify individual airline hub locations and derive and calculate several measures of the extent of competition both on individual routes and at the airports in our sample. The results show the wide diversity of route networks that existed in the airline industry in 1989--a phenomenon that may help to explain the failure of several major carriers since then.

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Bauer, Paul W. , Bania, Neil and Zlatoper, Thomas John, 1951-. "U.S. Air Passenger Service : A Taxonomy of Route Networks, Hub Locations, and Competition, Working Paper 92-16," Working Paper (Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland) (December 1992). https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/4494/item/494583, accessed on April 18, 2024.

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PUBLISHER: Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

PLACE: Cleveland

DIGITAL COPY SOURCE: Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

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RIGHTS: In Copyright (InC)

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