Assessment of Contributing Factors to Air Service Loss in Small Communities

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dc.contributor.authorAtallah, Stephanieen
dc.contributor.authorHotle, Susanen
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-17T12:35:50Zen
dc.date.available2024-09-17T12:35:50Zen
dc.date.issued2019-04en
dc.description.abstractAs indicated by current literature, service at small community airports was negatively affected by the Great Recession from 2007 to 2009 and recent changes in competition structure. Existing studies have looked at the recession’s lingering impact on small community airports (e.g., hub premiums, airport dominance, connectivity) and markets (e.g., market competition structure). However, to date it has been difficult to determine which factors contribute to a market’s potential future loss of service that serves a small community. In this study, we identified characteristics that could potentially contribute to a market’s loss or gain of service by incorporating different regional- and market-specific characteristics that have evolved over the years. This study used a fixed-effects conditional logistic regression and focused on region-to-region markets serving small communities that were in service at least once between 2007 and 2013. In total, the panel data included 1,367 markets departing from a small region and arriving at a small-, medium-, or large-sized region with 453 markets adding or losing service during that time. Fixed-effects were used to identify the impact of within-market variation on service loss over the years. Results showed that, first, markets affected by a merger were indeed at a higher risk of losing service. Second, markets operated by a fuel-intensive, small-aircraft fleet had a higher chance of being discontinued. Third, an increased number of competitors greatly reduced potential market service loss.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was supported by the 2017/2018 Graduate Research Award Program on Public Sector Aviation Issues. We would like to thank Lawrence Goldstein of the Airport Cooperative Research Program, Bill Spitz of GRA, Inc., Michael Tretheway of InterVISTAS, Dave Byers of Quadrex Aviation, Eric Amel of Compass Lexecon, John Fischer, independent contractor, Linda Howard, ACRP Ambassador, Robert Samis of the FAA, and Mary Sandy and Sarah Pauls of Virginia Space Grant Consortium.en
dc.description.versionAccepted versionen
dc.format.extentPages 598-606en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/0361198119840618en
dc.identifier.issue6en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10919/121150en
dc.identifier.volume2673en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherNational Academy of Sciencesen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.titleAssessment of Contributing Factors to Air Service Loss in Small Communitiesen
dc.title.serialTransportation Research Recorden
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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