Internalization of congestion at US hub airports

Itai Ater

doi:10.1016/j.jue.2012.05.004

Internalization of congestion at US hub airports

Itai Ater

Coller School of Management

Tel Aviv University

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Abstract

I study delays and congestion patterns in US hub airports during periods of high flight volume. I find that these periods are longer when the share of flights operated by the hub airline is greater, and these longer periods exhibit shorter delays. These results lend support to recent theoretical work on congestion, implying that hub-airlines take into account the impact of their scheduling decisions on the congestion that they bear. The results may suggest that congestion management solutions implemented at hub airports dominated by one airline could have only a limited impact on congestion in general.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	196-209
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Urban Economics
Volume	72
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2012.05.004
State	Published - Sep 2012

Keywords

Air delays
Air transportation
Congestion
Market concentration

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Economics and Econometrics
Urban Studies

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Internalization of congestion at US hub airports

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