Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7485679 | Journal of Transport Geography | 2016 | 15 Pages |
Abstract
As expected the results show that airline competition, allowing for grouping of the airlines belonging to the same alliance together, has in general increased since the liberalisation of the intra-European market. This can mainly be ascribed to the rise of the low cost business model. The spatial analysis however shows an uneven outcome. Changes in airline competition are most pronounced in areas that were previously not well served, such as the more remote regions in the United Kingdom, Spain and Italy. In Germany airline competition is lagging behind due to the strong dominance of the STAR alliance. In large parts of Scandinavia, but also in parts of France and Spain, airline competition is considerably less. These areas are often served only by a handful of airports and/or airlines, limiting airline choice and therefore competition.
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Authors
Rogier Lieshout, Paolo Malighetti, Renato Redondi, Guillaume Burghouwt,