Abstract

The current airspace configuration is fragmented, defined by national airspaces according political borders that affects directly to the environment, aircraft and air navigation service costs. The future airspace of Europe is addressing new challenges to support the increase of the [...]

Abstract

This paper analyses the spatial distribution of seat capacity in the EU from 1990 to 2009 and sheds light on the contrasting results in the literature. It contributes to the debate on the deregulation and whether the rise of hub-and-spoke networks and the success of low-cost carriers [...]