How transfer flights shape the structure of the airline network

Abstract In this paper, we analyse the gravity model in the global passenger air-transport network. We show that in the standard form, the model is inadequate for correctly describing the relationship between passenger flows and typical geo-economic variables that characterize connected countries. W...

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Main Authors: Tomasz Ryczkowski, Agata Fronczak, Piotr Fronczak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06108-z