摘要：This paper aims to provide an insight into the roles and characteristics of the different typologies of airports by detailing a functional framework of the European network.The first part of the work focuses on the classification of airports employing clustering techniques.Then,the analysis employs an innovative methodology to verify the existence of subsystems (or modules) of high interconnectivity within the European aviation network.The classification provided defines the airports both as separate entities with specific characteristics and as parts of specific modules.Our motivation is to provide a new way to classify European network in order to have a better understanding of the role they played into the network.Our approachs aim to identify groups of airports as strategic groups that share common attributes/roles but also to identify intra-industry grouping based on network interactions.This paper hints at the existence of a solid multilayered network system within Europe,in which traditional hub & spoke networks and low-cost point to point networks are interviewed.
关键词：This paper aims to provide an insight into the roles and characteristics of the different typologies of airports by detailing a functional framework of the European network.The first part of the work focuses on the classification of airports employing clustering techniques.Then,the analysis employs an innovative methodology to verify the existence of subsystems (or modules) of high interconnectivity within the European aviation network.The classification provided defines the airports both as separate entities with specific characteristics and as parts of specific modules.Our motivation is to provide a new way to classify European network in order to have a better understanding of the role they played into the network.Our approachs aim to identify groups of airports as strategic groups that share common attributes/roles but also to identify intra-industry grouping based on network interactions.This paper hints at the existence of a solid multilayered network system within Europe,in which traditional hub & spoke networks and low-cost point to point networks are interviewed.
