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Title:

Changes in Air Service Provision and Competition in the North Atlantic Market

Accession Number:

01697409

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

This paper considers the changes to air services that have taken place on the North Atlantic from 2005-2018. The distribution of frequency and capacity by airport and airline is assessed and also for the airline alliance groups and the different aircraft types. Market concentration is analysed for the North Atlantic as a whole and for the principal airports in each region. It is shown that the major US domestic hubs have lost ground while the west coast and Canadian airports have gained market share. In Europe there has been greater dispersion, driven by the new entrant carriers with point to point flights and the growth of the Reykjavik and Dublin hubs. With the exception of Air Canada, the major operators (including merger partners) have all lost market share although Delta has almost held its position. The Star Alliance has slightly gained market share following the switch of Continental from SkyTeam and the addition of Swiss and Air India but the other global alliances have slipped back. The main beneficiaries are Norwegian, Thomas Cook, Tui, Aer Lingus, Icelandair and WOW. The HHI results indicate that the immunised joint ventures have greatly reduced competition but this has been partially counteracted by the growth of new entrants. Market concentration has increased at New York JFK and Frankfurt but reduced at the four other leading gateways. The aircraft analysis identifies the growing role of the mid-sized wide-body aircraft but the increased presence of the Boeing 757 is also notable.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AV040 Standing Committee on Aviation Economics and Forecasting.

Report/Paper Numbers:

19-00214

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

Authors:

Dennis, Nigel
Pitfield, David

Pagination:

16p

Publication Date:

2019

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 98th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2019-1-13 to 2019-1-17
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Uncontrolled Terms:

Air services

Geographic Terms:

North Atlantic Region

Subject Areas:

Administration and Management; Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2019 Paper #19-00214

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 7 2018 9:26AM