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| Name | Peeters, P.M., et al (2001), Environmental impacts of hub-and-spoke networks in Europe |
| Description | Peeters, P.M., Rietveld, P. and Schipper, Y. (2001), Environmental impacts of hub-and-spoke networks in Europe, Peeters Advies, Ede. Deregulation of aviation has economic effects such as changes in prices and in frequencies of flights. In addition, there may be effects on the number of hubs operated by the main carriers. In the present paper we focus on the possible impacts of changes in the number of hubs on the environmental performance of aviation. A smaller number of hubs obviously leads to a concentration of noise nuisance in a limited set of regions. The effects on energy use are less evident, however, since economies of scale in aircraft operations might compensate for the larger detours made in concentrated hub and spoke networks. The conclusion of our empirical study is that point to point networks tend to perform better than hub and spoke networks. The more focussed a hub and spoke network, the less favourable the effects on the global environment. An important implication of this study is that deregulation policies at the level of the EU may have very distinct implications for the relative economic positions of airports in the EU. In addition deregulation will have an impact on both local and global environmental aspects. |
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