# name
Intercontinental fligths from European Airports: Towards hub concentration or not?

# metadata.dc.description.abstract[].value
This paper empirically analyzes changes in the supply of non-stop intercontinental flights from European airports. We take advantage of OAG data for air services from a rich sample of European airports to intercontinental destinations in the period 2004-2008. Results of the empirical analysis indicate a tendency towards a more balanced distribution of intercontinental flights across European airports. We also find that the demographic size of a region, its sector specialization, the political role of its central city and the proportion of connecting traffic explain the amount of and changes in long-haul air services supplied from European airports.

# metadata.dc.publisher[].value
Universitat de Barcelona. Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada Regional i Pública

# metadata.dc.rights[].value
cc-by-nc-nd, (c) Bel i Queralt et al., 2009

# metadata.dc.source[].value
Documents de treball (Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada Regional i Pública (IREA))

# metadata.dc.title[].value
Intercontinental fligths from European Airports: Towards hub concentration or not?