What role will hubs play in the LCC point-to-point connections era? The Spanish experience

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 24, Issue , 2012, Pages 262-270

  Castillo Manzano, José I ^a   López Valpuesta, Lourdes ^a   Pedregal, Diego J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hub and spoke system; Low cost carriers; Point to point system; Substitution effects; Transfer function model

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRPORT; HUB AND SPOKE NETWORK; NUMERICAL MODEL; TRANSFER FUNCTION; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

SPAIN;

EID: 84865175186     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2012.02.009     Document Type: Article

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