From the start, the airline industry has remarkably connected countries all over the world
through rapid long-distance transportation, hel** people overcome geographic barriers …

This paper studies the evolution of global air transport network over the period 2006–2016.
A Global Airport Connectivity Index (GACI) is proposed, combining degree, closeness and …

This paper analyzes the vulnerability of the European air transport network to major airport
closures from the perspective of the delays imposed to disrupted airline passengers. Using …

This study develops a Connectivity Utility Model that can be used to assess the connectivity
of an airport, a train station, a city or a region in multi-modal transport networks involving …

In the context of increased concern about the resilience of critical transport infrastructure to
external events and the impact of such events on local tourism industries, this paper …

The agglomeration of airports into multi-airport regions (MARs) has become one of the
salient features of the worldwide air transport system in the last decades. Meanwhile, in …

Airport connectivity can improve the competitiveness of regions by attracting tourism and
inward investment. Regions traditionally accessed international destinations via connecting …

Sustained airport congestion periods translate into delays, especially in hub-and-spoke
networks in which delay propagation is more evident. We examine the impact of connecting …

This research investigates the number of on-time flights (OTFs) at European airports and
how this number is influenced by an airport's flight connectivity. We conduct a spatial …

The worldwide outbreak of COVID-19 released seismic waves on the airline industry. This
paper assesses the responses to COVID-19 by different airport clusters in China during the …