Aviation networks play a critical role in the success of today s airlines and airports. This book provides insight on all aspects of modern network strategies and structures, ranging from market research to hub design, operations, organization, alliances, benchmarking, and antitrust issues. Considering both the airline and the airport perspectives, the book explains the economics of connectivity or productivity-driven hub structures through basic mathematics, which helps the reader to comprehend the structural strengths and weaknesses of aviation networks. More than 100 charts help clarify the topics at hand.

Market Research: Overcoming Incomplete, Inconsistent, or Outdated Data

Network Structures Follow Network Strategies
Designing Connectivity-Driven Network and Hub Structures
Designing Asset-Productive Networks
Case Studies
Planning and Controlling Networks: Networking Higher Math, Intuition, and Power Play
Competition, Cooperation, Co-operation, and Antitrust: Balancing Economies of Scale and Competitive Market Structures
Multi-hub Networks: Masterpieces or Nightmares of Complexity?- Assessing and Comparing the Strengths and Weaknesses of Aviation Networks
An Overarching Concept: The Hierarchical Layers of Aviation Networks
Appendix: Market Research Checklists.