Article Title
Competition for Hub Dominance: Some Implications to Airline Profitability and Enplanement Share
Volume
2
Issue
1
Publisher
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Abstract
The phenomenon of airline competition for hub dominance in terms of frequency concentration has been on the rise since deregulation. Using cross-sectional time-series data, this study explores the impact of hub dominance on airline profitability and enplanement share at the hub airport. The regression analysis finds a significant positive relationship between airline profitability and hub dominance. The relationship between an airline's share of passenger enplanements and its hub dominance seems to follow an S-curve indicating that high frequency shares are associated with even higher enplanement shares, and conversely.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.15394/jaaer.1991.1053
Scholarly Commons Citation
Ghobrial, A. (1991). Competition for Hub Dominance: Some Implications to Airline Profitability and Enplanement Share. Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.15394/jaaer.1991.1053