Connectivity at Chinese airports: The evolution and drivers

This study calculates the connectivity of 69 Chinese airports and identifies the underlying drivers of the variation in airport connectivity over a period 2005–2016. The authors' connectivity model incorporates multiple discount factors including capacity and velocity penalties to correct for the quality of a connection. The authors find that Chinese airports experienced a great increase in air connectivity over the study period. Beijing Capital, Shanghai Pudong and Guangzhou Baiyun are far ahead of other airports in terms of overall connectivity and especially so in terms of international connectivity. However, the growth of some tourism cities and small cities has been stagnant and they suffered losses of connectivity at times. Airport competition measured by Hirschmann-Herfindahl Index (HHI), average fare, investment in local city’s fixed asset investment and airport facilities, macroeconomic conditions, and population are found to be closely associated with an airport’s connectivity. The authors also find that the presence of low-cost carriers is conducive for air connectivity, while high speed rail (HSR) has the effect of decreasing airport connectivity.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2017.05.026
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965856417305542
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Zhang, Yahua
  • Zhang, Anming
  • Zhu, Zhenran
  • Wang, Kun
• Publication Date: 2017-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 490-508
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
  • Volume: 103
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0965-8564
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09658564

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airports; Competition; Connectivity; Low cost carriers
• Geographic Terms: Beijing (China); China; Guangzhou (China); Shanghai (China)
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01644485
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 10 2017 3:20PM