The (mis)fortunes of exceeding a small local air market : comparing Amsterdam and Brussels

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Description :
Comparing air service growth in Amsterdam and Brussels, this paper aims to understand how the strategies of airlines and public authorities allow certain medium-sized cities to succeed in exceeding their local market by connecting passengers, while others do not. In contrast to Brussels, Amsterdam has become one of the most air serviced European cities, reaching a highly disproportionate level of service given both its size and its airport catchment area. Amsterdam has reached its rank thanks to a successful, global hub-and-spokes strategy led by KLM and its partners. Such a success story would have been impossible without support from the State pursuing the expansion of numerous, liberal bilateral air service agreements and a regional development strategy which facilitated the expansion of Amsterdam Schiphol airport in the 1990s.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie, issn : 0040-747X, 2014, vol. 105, n°. 5, p. 604-621, nombre de pages : 18, Références bibliographiques : 3 p.

Date :
2014

Editeur :
Pays édition : Pays-Bas, Amsterdam, Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap