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Title: When trains go faster than planes: the strategic reaction of airlines in Spain
Authors: Jiménez González, Juan Luis
Betancor Cruz, Ofelia María
UNESCO Clasification: 531212 Transportes y comunicaciones
Keywords: Transportes aéreos
España
Issue Date: 2012
Publisher: 0967-070X
Journal: Transport Policy 
Abstract: Plans for the development of high speed railway lines (HSR) in Spain were recently realised. At the beginning of 2010, four HSR lines were operating along routes where air transport was previously dominant. In this paper, we examine through econometric means the air carriers' reaction to these HSR entrances into the transport market with data at the route level. We test whether the HSR lines have affected the airlines' travel frequencies and market shares. Our results show that on average, HSR has reduced the number of air transport operations by 17 per cent. At the same time, travel demand has increased substantially, though the share of air transport in the total market has declined, as has the share of the dominant Spanish air carrier, Iberia.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/44162
ISSN: 0967-070X
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2012.06.003
Source: Transport Policy[ISSN 0967-070X],v. 23, p. 34-41
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