This work uses data from Civil Aviation Authority surveys to develop a methodology to model air trip generation within the Midlands region and air trip distribution between available airports. The technique applied in the modelling of air trip generation is that of propensity to fly, whereby the...

This paper, after providing an introduction to the operating context of low cost carriers in Europe,examines the competitive pricing behaviour of airlines. Data is collected by route for cases where morethan one airline is in direct competition. Data on fares is obtained from the internet for...

This two-part paper presents the development of an improved airport risk assessmentmethodology aimed at assessing risks related to aircraft accidents at and in the vicinityof airports and managing Airport Safety Areas (ASAs) as a risk mitigation measure.The improved methodology is more...

This paper reviews the theory of cost recovery and oligopoly with a view toadvancing some judgements as to the way in which European low cost airlinesmanage yield, depending upon the market morphology that applies. It would appearthat operators offering a scheduled service to a destination not...

Ryanair tends to operate to destinations from its UK bases that are not the main airports in the countrybeing served and in this it differs from many other European low cost carriers. Although directcompetition is not provided in the way that rival services operate between identical pairs of...

This paper examines the impact of airline alliances on traffic of the constituent airlines using an analysis of US Bureau of Transportation Statistics T-100 International Market Data on a monthly basis for five routes to the US from European hubs. The European hubs are Frankfurt and Paris. The...

The advent of the EU–US Open Skies Agreement has been widely anticipated. A number of consequences have been predicted, for example, impacts on fares, on passenger volumes, choice and on consumer welfare. Airline costs are also predicted to fall as a result of increased competitiveness...

This paper investigates transfer baggage performance when British Airways’ occupancy of Terminal 5 at London Heathrow Airport took place. Operational data on transfer baggage performance are collated from BA performance scorecards and the Gini coefficient is used as a measure of...

In response to increasing demand, airlines may increase capacity by increasing the frequency of flights or they may choose to increase aircraft size. This may yield operating cost economies. If the airports they operate from are capacity constrained, they will be limited in the extent that they...