1999•SSRN Electronic JournalOpen access

SCHEDULING DECISIONS IN AN AIRLINE NETWORK: A HUB-AND-SPOKE SYSTEM'S EFFECT ON FLIGHT FREQUENCY, FARES AND WELFARE

Jan K. Brueckner, Yeyubei Zhang

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This paper provides a comprehensive economic analysis of scheduling decisions in a hub and spoke airline network. This analysis shows that flight frequency is higher in a hub and spoke network than in a fully connected network. It is also shown that some passengers who could make a connecting trip under the hub and spoke network may find the existing flights not sufficiently convenient given their duration, thus choosing not to travel.

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Key concepts: Spoke-hub distribution paradigm, Scheduling (production processes), Operations research, Welfare, Duration (music), Computer science, Transport engineering, Engineering