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Global connectivity

Global connectivity. The geography of air passenger transport flows. Why study the geography of air transport passenger flows?. Driving factor of a globalized economy is “time-space” compression; a decrease in the “friction of distance”

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Global connectivity

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  1. Global connectivity The geography of air passenger transport flows

  2. Why study the geography of air transport passenger flows? • Driving factor of a globalized economy is “time-space” compression; a decrease in the “friction of distance” • Passenger flows can be understood as a proxy for the importance of that particular city to the organization of the global economy.

  3. 290 cities used • 91 in Europe • 46 in North America • 37 in Latin America • 10 is the CIS/Central Asia • 22 in MENA • 30 in SS-Africa • 12 in Oceania • 27 in Pacific Asia • 15 in South Asia

  4. Aggregate data by world region

  5. The big patterns • Largest percentage of flows in WITHIN North America and WITHIN Europe. In fact, 24% of all flows are WITHIN these two regions • Inter-regional patterns • Largest flows are between NA and Europe • Then NA and LA • Of great importance is that Oceania, SS-Africa, and LA are NOT WELL CONNECTED to each other

  6. What about city pairs? • Top 5 “deepest relations” • Hong Kong/Taipei 2.14M • London/New York 1.61M • Melbourne/Sydney 1.56M • LA/New York 1.53M • Milan/Rome 1.53M

  7. Global city “airline connectivity” hierarchy • Three levels • At the top are the “holy triad” of NY, London and Tokyo • The second level: the zonal and regional centers • Paris, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Zurich • Miami, Los Angeles • Singapore • Third level is the “national regional” centers.

  8. Global “connectivity profiles” for American cities • 1 New York 10.6m • 2 Los Angeles 8.3m • 3 Chicago 5.2m • 4 San Francisco 5.2m • 5 Atlanta 3.8m • 6 Miami 3.8m • 7 Washington 3.8m • 8 Dallas 3.7m • 9 Boston 3.6m • 10 Houston 2.9m

  9. Top 15 cities in the “hinterworlds” of New York • 1. Los Angeles • 2. LONDON • 3. Chicago • 4. Boston • 5. Miami • 6. Atlanta • 7. San Francisco • 8. Las Vegas • 9. Washington • 10. TORONTO • 11. PARIS • 12. SANTO DOMINGO • 13. Dallas • 14. Tampa • 15. TEL AVIV

  10. Top 15 cities in the “hinterworld” of Miami • 1. New York • 2. CARACAS • 3. BUENOS AIRES • 4. NASSAU • 5. BOGOTA • 6. LONDON • 7. MEXICO CITY • 8. PERU • 9. Los Angeles • 10. PORT AU PRINCE • 11. SAO PAOLO • 12. Washington • 13. SANTO DOMINGO • 14. SAN JOSE

  11. Top 15 cities in the “hinterworlds” of Pittsburgh • 1: New York • 2: Chicago • 3: Atlanta • 4: Philadelphia • 5: Los Angeles • 6: Tampa • 7: Boston • 8: Dallas • 9: San Francisco • 10: Washington • 11: Houston • 12: Las Vegas • 13: Miami • 14: Minneapolis • 15: Denver

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