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Playing the pieces of New England's airport system
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Regional airports: Fasten your seatbelt
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Common descent
Flight delays common at large airports also afflict regional airports in the district.
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Regional airports: embarking on smoother skies
District airports bounce back from 2001 lows with the help of regional jet service.
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Regional airports: fear of not flying
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International travel: double trouble
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Auctions as a vehicle to reduce airport delays and achieve value capture
Congestion at airports imposes large costs on airlines and their passengers. A key reason for congestion is that an airline schedules its flights without regard to the costs imposed on other airlines and their passengers. As a result, during some time intervals, airlines schedule more flights to and from an airport than that airport can accommodate and flights are delayed. This paper explores how a specific market-based proposal by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which includes the use of auctions to determine the right to arrive or depart in a specific time interval at airports in ...
Working Paper
Hidden Baggage : Behavioral Responses to Changes in Airline Ticket Tax Disclosure
We examine the impact on air travelers of an enforcement action issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation in January 2012 that required U.S. air carriers and online travel agents to incorporate all mandatory taxes and fees into their advertised fares. Exploiting cross-itinerary ticket tax variation within international city market pairs, we provide evidence that the more prominent display of tax-inclusive prices is associated with a significant reduction in tax incidence on consumers and a decline in passenger volume along more heavily-taxed itineraries. Ticket revenues are ...