This study develops a Connectivity Utility Model which can be used to calculate the connectivity of an airport, a train station, a city or a region in multi-modal transport networks involving the quantity and multiple dimensions of quality of transport services. This new connectivity measure...

China and India's air transport sector exhibits substantial differences 30 years after deregulation. The strong presence of private and low-cost carriers and the intense route-level competition are the key drivers for an overall better performance for Indian carriers measured by technical...

This paper reviews the development of China's air transport policy and examines the determinants of Chinese city-pair air passenger flows using a gravity model approach accounting for the effects of multilateral resistance. We find enormous positive impacts of both the continuing liberalisation...

This paper proposes a dynamic weighted model to measure the connectivity of intercity passenger transportation in China. We consider both quality and quantity of the connections of two transport modes: air and rail. Among the 23 major cities selected, Shanghai is revealed to have the highest...