This paper aims to identify gaps in the literature and present a future research agenda for investigations on regional airports.The research topics appearing from the systematic literature review are linked to the rol...This paper aims to identify gaps in the literature and present a future research agenda for investigations on regional airports.The research topics appearing from the systematic literature review are linked to the roles that regional airports have held and currently hold.In this way,challenges and research gaps that deserve extra attention are identified.Moreover,the paper deals with one of the most pressing research gaps,the definition of a regional airport.The literature and accompanying industry review reveal a diverse use of the term regional airport,and ACI Europe(2017)and the European Parliament(2021)even indicate that there is currently no definition for a regional airport in Europe.To address future research and challenges of regional airports in a more unified and structured manner,a proposal is made to capture the term‘regional airport’based on objective criteria.With the dual outcome of possibilities for future research and a proposal for a common use of a definition of regional airports,we aim at a more coordinated and impactful progress in research concerning regional airports.展开更多
Despite their central role in the industry,airlines have been consistently unable to earn their capital costs.The academic literature has noted the airlines’limited success in capturing value,offered plausible explan...Despite their central role in the industry,airlines have been consistently unable to earn their capital costs.The academic literature has noted the airlines’limited success in capturing value,offered plausible explanations for it,but has been remarkably silent regarding strategic options for airlines to change their situation.The present paper addresses this gap by analysing the vertical embeddedness of airlines into the industry structure and focusing on the dynamics of the interfaces with adjacent industry segments.Using secondary data from industry reports and primary data from semi-structured interviews with industry experts,our analysis aims at identifying the main drivers and strategic options for value migration.The interfaces between airlines and distribution partners as well as airports show the highest potential for value migration,primarily for well-positioned low-cost carriers or larger multi-airline groups.To obtain that advantage,however,airlines need to extend their offering beyond the flight segment and reduce their replaceability by leveraging customer data along the entire travel chain,e.g.,by sharing customer insights between segments and,thus,accessing additional revenue potential.For smaller,independent airlines,leveraging their-if present-dedicated niche strategy,will be the only lever to survive in the long-run.With its systemic perspective,this paper complements the currently fragmented literature on airline vertical strategies and suggests four generic strategic options for value migration to the airline segment.展开更多
This paper estimates and analyses the air cargo demand and supply imbalances between large geographical regions based on newly collected demand and supply data.Due to the need for more data for academics and the indus...This paper estimates and analyses the air cargo demand and supply imbalances between large geographical regions based on newly collected demand and supply data.Due to the need for more data for academics and the industry,and the lesser research interest compared to its passenger counterpart,limited empirical research on air cargo market dynamics has been conducted.Live flight and aircraft data were collected for five consecutive years to reconstruct the air cargo network and capacity.Air cargo sales tonnes data were collected and introduced as these data eliminate double counting of transfer route volumes.Both datasets were used and compared to analyse the air cargo trade imbalances.The major findings indicate an imbalance in demand on most of the 110 studied region pair combinations.The supply data indicate a high imbalance for freighter capacity,a relatively smaller imbalance for integrator capacity and a limited imbalance for the wide-body belly capacity.The data indicate that the Middle East,Northeast Asia,Russia,Central Asia,and Central America regions are all transfer or in-transit regions where a large amount of cargo passes through.However,limited cargo volumes originate or find their final destination here.Although the general assumption indicates that air cargo supply follows air cargo demand,imbalances between demand and supply in opposing directions were found for several region pairs.To the best of our knowledge,this paper is one of the first academic sources to introduce data analysis based on sales tonnes.This research assists academics and the industry in getting a better understanding of the current air cargo market dynamics.It also provides a base to enhance future air cargo market research,analysis and forecasting.展开更多
基金Research Foundation Flanders(FWO Vlaanderen),grant number 1SHEF24N.
文摘This paper aims to identify gaps in the literature and present a future research agenda for investigations on regional airports.The research topics appearing from the systematic literature review are linked to the roles that regional airports have held and currently hold.In this way,challenges and research gaps that deserve extra attention are identified.Moreover,the paper deals with one of the most pressing research gaps,the definition of a regional airport.The literature and accompanying industry review reveal a diverse use of the term regional airport,and ACI Europe(2017)and the European Parliament(2021)even indicate that there is currently no definition for a regional airport in Europe.To address future research and challenges of regional airports in a more unified and structured manner,a proposal is made to capture the term‘regional airport’based on objective criteria.With the dual outcome of possibilities for future research and a proposal for a common use of a definition of regional airports,we aim at a more coordinated and impactful progress in research concerning regional airports.
文摘Despite their central role in the industry,airlines have been consistently unable to earn their capital costs.The academic literature has noted the airlines’limited success in capturing value,offered plausible explanations for it,but has been remarkably silent regarding strategic options for airlines to change their situation.The present paper addresses this gap by analysing the vertical embeddedness of airlines into the industry structure and focusing on the dynamics of the interfaces with adjacent industry segments.Using secondary data from industry reports and primary data from semi-structured interviews with industry experts,our analysis aims at identifying the main drivers and strategic options for value migration.The interfaces between airlines and distribution partners as well as airports show the highest potential for value migration,primarily for well-positioned low-cost carriers or larger multi-airline groups.To obtain that advantage,however,airlines need to extend their offering beyond the flight segment and reduce their replaceability by leveraging customer data along the entire travel chain,e.g.,by sharing customer insights between segments and,thus,accessing additional revenue potential.For smaller,independent airlines,leveraging their-if present-dedicated niche strategy,will be the only lever to survive in the long-run.With its systemic perspective,this paper complements the currently fragmented literature on airline vertical strategies and suggests four generic strategic options for value migration to the airline segment.
文摘This paper estimates and analyses the air cargo demand and supply imbalances between large geographical regions based on newly collected demand and supply data.Due to the need for more data for academics and the industry,and the lesser research interest compared to its passenger counterpart,limited empirical research on air cargo market dynamics has been conducted.Live flight and aircraft data were collected for five consecutive years to reconstruct the air cargo network and capacity.Air cargo sales tonnes data were collected and introduced as these data eliminate double counting of transfer route volumes.Both datasets were used and compared to analyse the air cargo trade imbalances.The major findings indicate an imbalance in demand on most of the 110 studied region pair combinations.The supply data indicate a high imbalance for freighter capacity,a relatively smaller imbalance for integrator capacity and a limited imbalance for the wide-body belly capacity.The data indicate that the Middle East,Northeast Asia,Russia,Central Asia,and Central America regions are all transfer or in-transit regions where a large amount of cargo passes through.However,limited cargo volumes originate or find their final destination here.Although the general assumption indicates that air cargo supply follows air cargo demand,imbalances between demand and supply in opposing directions were found for several region pairs.To the best of our knowledge,this paper is one of the first academic sources to introduce data analysis based on sales tonnes.This research assists academics and the industry in getting a better understanding of the current air cargo market dynamics.It also provides a base to enhance future air cargo market research,analysis and forecasting.
