The object of this work is to isolate and to evaluate the role played by aging in the annual cost variation. The aim is to strength the congruence between central health policy concern and the understanding of the annual cost variation at Local Health Unit level. The sample regards...

The objective of this work is to evaluate the accessibility of European municipalities by ground and air transportation. We compute the quickest paths between any origin municipality and any destination municipality separated by more than 500 km. The total travel time includes three components:...

This study analyzes easyJet’s fare response to new entry. Traditionally, this stream of literature has focused on the reactions of network carriers to competition from low–cost carriers. As low–cost services spread, however, the number of low–cost incumbents is rising. This paper aims to...

The objective of this work is to analyze the cases of de-hubbing during period 1997-2009 in the world-wide air transport network. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first attempt to study de-hubbing in a systematic way. In order to identify those cases, this paper firstly addresses the...

This paper is meant to provide an insight into the roles and characteristics of the different typologies of airports by detailing a functional framework of European airports through the analysis of their distinctive features and interconnecting network. The first part of the work will focus on...

The impressive growth of low cost carriers has been mainly exploited through low fares. One may ask whether after having obtained significant market shares, dominant low cost carriers are heading to a new pricing policy. This paper analyzes whether the pricing adopted by Ryanair changes over...

This paper investigates the connectivity of the European air transportation network. A timedependent minimum path approach is employed to calculate the minimum travel time between each pair of airports in the network, inclusive of flight times and waiting times. The connectivity offered by each...

In this paper we study the efficiency of European airports by applying a DEA model to 57 airports. The sample covers 95% of all the airports with a traffic of at least 5 millions passengers (yearly). We find that largest airports (with more than 10 millions passengers) are more efficient, while...

The aim of this work is to measure the competition between hubs based on an analysis of travel times in the world-wide airport network. By considering the minimum travel time required to connect each pair of airports, it is possible to separate the effects of hub position and temporal...

The aim of this study is to analyse the pricing policy adopted by Ryanair, the main low-cost carrier in Europe. The first part of the study reviews the results of literature addressing the subject of dynamic pricing, with specific reference to the air transport industry. The methodological...