US Fortress Hubs
The US market has long been thought of as a market where airlines develop fortress hubs, from which they control their markets. But what does this look like? And how do these hubs compare? To answer these questions we took…
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America’s Top Twenty Delayed Airports
We got access to the September data and have updated several of our models that are driven by the On-Time data. Here is another of our Top Twenty presentations, this time focusing on airport arrival delays. The map shows where…
US Airline and Airport Metrics
There has been interest in a data visualization model that summarizes some key metrics for the US airlines and airports. This is our attempt to accomplish this. The 2019 data reported is through April. We used two primary sources, the…
More On-Time tracking
Here is an update to our US On-Time model. Select the city on the list and the model updates immediately. For simplicity, we show the major cities. The observant will notice the strange change in numbers from 2017 (lots of…
Taxi times are growing
Flying in the US is not only crowded it is also taking more time. The time airlines take to move aircraft around on the ground is rising. It is worth considering what this means to airlines. In 2015 the average…
Podcast – Airport Development Challenges
We have a deep dive into the issues of airport developments with an industry expert. Henrik Rothe is a senior lecturer at Cranfield University in the UK, where he teaches urban planning with reference to airports. [player id=19005] Views: 28