This paper provides an analysis of China's air cargo flows. We identify major air transport hubs in China and examine cargo movements between them. We also discuss some of the difficulties in comparing air cargo data between Mainland China and Hong Kong, and point out the areas where China's...

The paper looks at the technical efficiency of Chinese airports using multi-output stochastic input distance function analysis. This method provides a statistical test of scope economies to investigate the contribution of air cargo transport to airport efficiency. Our findings confirm the...

In this paper, we measure the productivity changes of 30 airports in Greater China during 2000–2006 by computing their Malmquist productivity indices using parametric output distance functions. On average, the productivity of airports grew at 10.3% annually over our period. In addition,...

This paper studies the impact of mergers between Chinese airlines on the productivity of state-owned carriers. The results show that there are improvements in productivity along with technical changes. Among the big three airline groups, Air China and China Southern Airlines have benefited...