DERUDDER, BEN; DEVRIENDT, LOMME; WITLOX, FRANK - In: Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie 98 (2007) 3, pp. 307-324
This paper aims to contribute to the literature on the rise of so-called 'network cities' through an empirical analysis of hubs in the global airline network. Standard airline databases do not feature the actual routes flown by passengers, and therefore, a new and previously untapped database is...