The propagation of European airports’ on-time performance and on-time flights via air connectivity prior to the Covid-19 pandemic

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. The authors conduct a spatial statistical analysis of the spatial context relationship using econometric models, and the interaction between the number of airport's on-time flights (OTFs) and flight connectivity. Using 2017 and 2018 data, they characterize the relationship between a European airport's air connectivity index (ACI) and the number of flights that depart or arrive at a gate within 15 min of schedule (OTFs). The authors also analyze the relationship between OTFs at a given airport and those of neighboring airports. As the distances between airports increase, autocorrelation shifts from a positive to a negative sign meaning that at greater distances, airports' on-time performance is less dissimilar. The authors find that before the pandemic and the ensuing global travel shutdown, a spatially lagged term of ACI improves the model's ability to account for variations in OTFs across airports. Flight delay propagation in the air transport system caused delays to occur due to the shared resources underlying an initially delayed flight and subsequent flights. This analysis offers a rational for increasing airport connectivity as a way of improving the share of on-time flights of European airports.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jairtraman.2023.102382
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096969972300025X
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  • © 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Lin, Pei-Chun
  • 0000-0002-4400-923X
• Publication Date: 2023-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 102382
• Serial:
  • Journal of Air Transport Management
  • Volume: 109
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0969-6997
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09696997

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport operations; Airports; Connectivity; COVID-19; On time performance
• Geographic Terms: Europe
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01877142
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 24 2023 3:42PM