The Hub Competition in Delivering Air Connectivity between China and Oceania
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methodology and Data
2.1. Data
2.2. Methodology
2.2.1. The Updated Connectivity Utility Model
Quantity of Air Connections (QVC)
Quality of Air Connections (QCI)
2.2.2. Index System to Evaluate Hub Performance
3. Results
3.1. Tendencies in the Evolution of Hub Connections
3.2. The Changing Market Shares of Hubs
3.3. Identifying the Competitors of the Representative Hubs
3.3.1. The Main Competitors of the Mainland China Hubs
3.3.2. The Main Competitors of other Asian Hubs
3.3.3. The Main Competitors of Oceanian Hubs
3.4. Evaluating Hub Competitiveness
3.4.1. The Monopoly Markets
3.4.2. The Overlap Markets
4. Conclusions and Recommendations
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Airline | Alliance | ||||||
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Same Airline | Different Airline | Same Alliance | Nonalliances | ||||
FSC | LCC | FSC | LCC | Big 3 Alliances | Other Alliances | ||
✓✓ | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | ✓✓ | n.a. | n.a. | 1 |
✓✓ | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | ✓✓ | 1 |
n.a. | n.a. | ✓✓ | n.a. | ✓✓ | n.a. | n.a. | 0.9 |
n.a. | ✓✓ | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | ✓✓ | n.a. | 0.5 |
n.a. | ✓✓ | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | ✓✓ | 0.5 |
n.a. | n.a. | ✓✓ | n.a. | ✓✓ | n.a. | 0.3 | |
Others | 0.1 |
The Attraction of Transfer | Most Attractive → Less Attractive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Availability of direct connections | No | Yes | No | Yes |
The number of transfer hubs | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 |
Types | Dimension | Indicator | |
---|---|---|---|
Monopoly markets (M) | QVC | The number of monopoly transfer flights (M1) | |
Overlap markets (O) | QVC | The number of overlapping transfer flights (O1) | |
QCI: Quality index of overlapping transfer flights (O2) | Capacity | Average seats (O2-1) | |
Velocity | The share of transfer flights with minimum travel time (O2-2) | ||
Transfer quality | Transit time at the hub (O2-3) | ||
The share of transfer flights with direct flight competition (O2-4) | |||
The share of interairport transfer flights in the MACs (O2-5) | |||
The share of transfer flights operated by the same airline (O2-6) | |||
The share of transfer flights operated by the same airline alliance (O2-7) |
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Zhang, Q.; Wang, B.; Xue, D. The Hub Competition in Delivering Air Connectivity between China and Oceania. Sustainability 2022, 14, 6482. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14116482
Zhang Q, Wang B, Xue D. The Hub Competition in Delivering Air Connectivity between China and Oceania. Sustainability. 2022; 14(11):6482. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14116482
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhang, Qi, Bo Wang, and Desheng Xue. 2022. "The Hub Competition in Delivering Air Connectivity between China and Oceania" Sustainability 14, no. 11: 6482. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14116482