Network airlines have increasingly focused their operations on hub airports through the exploitation of connecting traffic. This has allowed them to take advantage of economies of traffic density, the existence of which is beyond dispute in the airline industry. Less attention has been devoted...

Information exchanges across firms within cities are considered to be one of the major agglomeration forces in the regional economics literature. In addition, the quality of transport infrastructures arises as one of the major determinants in the location decisions of firms across cities and...

This article examines the determinants of the location of large firms headquarters across a rich sample of European urban areas, focusing on the availability of non-stop intercontinental flights. We also account for the influence of other aspects: the proximity to large markets and specialized...

In this paper, we examine the impact of non-stop flights on the connectivity of European cities with distant locations from the rest of the world. We use data on inter-city passenger flows including non-stop and connecting traffic so that we have a precise measure of the economic and social...