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| Title |
The Spatial Impacts of Southwest Airlines on Air Traffic Patterns & Pricing in the United States
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| Author(s) |
Vowles, Timothy Michael
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| Institution |
University of Denver
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| Degree Type |
Doctoral
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| Degree Name |
Ph.D.
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| Type of Resource |
text
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| Degree Date |
2000 November
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| Digital Origin |
reformatted digital
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| Rights Statement |
All Rights Reserved
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| Reason for Restrictions |
No restrictions
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| Type of Restriction |
No restrictions
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| Keyword(s) |
Geography
Geology
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| Abstract |
The research conducted has three main components. The first component is an updating of the "Southwest Effect" as observed by Air Transport World (1998), Dresner, Lin, and Windle (1996), and Southwest (1999). This updating illustrates that when Southwest enters a market there is a significant increase in pass-engers carried in the majority of the markets and a significant decrease in the average fare paid by travelers in the markets examined. The second goal of this work demonstrates how Southwest Airlines has created a "Wal...;MartEffect" on surrounding airports when entering a market. While this "Wal-Mart Effect" is not a strong as the original "Southwest Effect", the research shows that the carrier indeed has an effect on enplanements and fares especially in multi-airport regions. The final objective studied in this research is the effect of the airline in changing metropolitan linkages. The increase in passengers attributed to the Southwest Effect lead to movements within the hierarchies of the cities studied. One of the biggest movers was Baltimore, which saw an increase in ranking in almost all of the cases studied. There was a general increase in the rankings of Southwest served cities when compared to non-Southwest served airports. - This research shows that Southwest Airlines does indeed have a profound effect on both the number of passengers traveling between airports and the average fare the passenger pays. It also shows that the carrier has the ability to strengthen the interaction between two airports with the type of service that it provides.
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| Handle |
http://hdl.handle.net/10176/codu:58118
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