An analysis of essential air service structure and performance

Timothy C. Matisziw; Chieh Lung Lee; Tony H. Grubesic

doi:10.1016/j.jairtraman.2011.05.002

An analysis of essential air service structure and performance

Timothy C. Matisziw, Chieh Lung Lee, Tony H. Grubesic

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Abstract

The US federal Essential Air Service program was established to subsidize air service to communities unable to retain commercial carriers after airline deregulation in 1978. In this paper, the subsidized service between program communities and commercial hub airports is investigated relative to several Essential Air Service planning objectives. Specifically, observed community hubbing activity is compared with that modeled to minimize hub access cost and maximize community accessibility within the commercial air transport system. Results highlight trends in system performance relative to these planning objectives and indicate that significant potential exists for enhancing the efficiency of the program in light of limited resources.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	5-11
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Air Transport Management
Volume	18
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jairtraman.2011.05.002
State	Published - Jan 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Air transportation network design
Multi-objective planning
Route correspondence
Rural air service

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Transportation
Strategy and Management
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Law

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