@article {DERUDDER:July 2007:0040-747X:307,
	author = "DERUDDER, BEN",
	author = "DEVRIENDT, LOMME",
	author = "WITLOX, FRANK",
	title = "FLYING WHERE YOU DON'T WANT TO GO: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF HUBS IN THE GLOBAL AIRLINE NETWORK",
	journal = "Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie",
	volume = "98",
	year = "July 2007",
	abstract = "<P></P>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 introduced. The employed data are transnational and feature origin/destination statistics with additional information on intermediate stops (if any), which allows a thorough assessment of hub structures in the global airline network. The first part of the empirical analysis presents a threefold hub assessment, i.e. (i) an overview of the major hubs in absolute terms, (ii) a similar overview of hubs in relative terms, and (iii) a measure that focuses on the number of cities that make intense use of a hub. The second part of the empirical analysis focuses on some aspects of the spatiality of hub-and-spoke organisation. This is achieved through an examination of the proportion of `regional' hub passengers and some notable case studies.",
	pages = "307-324(18)",
	url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/tesg/2007/00000098/00000003/art00001"
	doi = "doi:10.1111/j.1467-9663.2007.00399.x"
}