Program

16:00- 19:00

Walking Tour of Downtown Frankfurt, Meeting point: Domplatz, Frankfurt am Main

19:00

Joint dinner (at your own expense): Gasthaus zu Eisernen Steg, Schaumainkai 1, 60594 Frankfurt am Main, www.zes-ffm.de

8:45-9:00

Opening Session: Dean Dietmar Franzen, Anne Lange & Gianmaria Martini

LogiLab

9:00-11:00 

Chair: Tassew Dufera Tolcha

LogiLab

Georg Hirte

The Effect of Entry and Exit of Airports on Airports’ Market Shares in Europe

Discussant: Gerben de Jong

Gerben de Jong

Estimating the societal value of airport slots

Discussant: Max Li

Mattia Borsati

Air–HSR competition in the era of high-speed rail liberalization: intermodality, pricing dynamics and sustainability

Discussant: Flavio Porta

Break

11:15-13:15 

Chair: Chantal Roucolle

LogiLab

Lars Nesheim

Carbon Regulation and Competition in European Airline Industry

Discussant: Christian Bontemps

Gianmaria Martini

Pathways towards reaching IATA's 2050 sustainability targets

Discussant: Sai Bravo

Gianmarco Andreana

Effects of Airline Cooperation with local and global markets

Discussant: Laingo Randrianarisoa

Lunch

14:15-15:00 Keynote 1: Marleen Marra Chair: Cristian Bontemps, LogiLab

15:00-16:15 

Early stage papers

Chair: Andrea Gualini

LogiLab

Chair: Gianmarco Andreana

Digilab

Anne Lange: Process Detection in Air Cargo

Sai Bravo: The Impact of Fiscal Policy on Air Travel: A Synthetic Control Analysis of the French Chirac Tax Revision

Chiara Morlotti: Flight Path Dispersion in Commercial Aviation

Doris Antczak: Determinants of Transport Mode Choice in Domestic and International Travel: Evidence from a Stated Choice Experiment

Nicole Adler: Evaluating the efficiency of European Air Navigation Providers is not so simple

Nicolò Avogadro: How Airfares Shape Airport Catchment Areas: Evidence from the Florence–Pisa Airport System

Sonia Huderek-Glapska: From Public Burden to Self-Financing Asset: Regional Drivers of Airport Profitability in Eastern Europe

Chantal Roucolle: Do bans on short-haul flights deliver environmental gains? Evidence of a rebound effect in French regional airports

Break

16:30-17:15 

Chair: Anne Lange

LogiLab

Jana Baschin, Senior Vice President Corporate Development and Sustainability, Frankfurt Airport

Dinner : 18:00, Frankfurt Airport Visitor Center, Frankfurt Airport Terminal 1 B/C

9:00-09:05 Welcome: Oliver Schocke, President Frankfurt UAS 

9:05-10:15

Chair: Benny Mantin

LogiLab

Max Li

Distributionally Robust Airport Ground Holding Problem under Wasserstein Ambiguity Sets

Discussant: Anne Lange

Bernardo Puente-Mejia

The price of speed: The cost of e-commerce giants

Discussant: Nicole Adler

Break

10:35-11:45

Chair:  Christian Bontemps

LogiLab

Alberto Blaite

Network and Market Dynamics in Brazil’s Leading Airlines: Latam, Gol, and Azul (2010–2025)

Discussant: Ian Douglas

Li Zou

Routes Survival Analysis of U.S. Regional Airlines during and after the Global Pandemic

Discussant: Tobias Hagen

Break

12:05-12:50 Keynote 2: Guglielmo Lulli Chair: Nicole Adler, LogiLab

Lunch

13:50-14:00 SoAR 2027, LogiLab

14:00-15:00

Early stage papers

Chair: Sai Bravo

LogiLab

Zélie Gankon: Determinants of Air-Rail Intermodality: Evidence from the 2024 French National Air Passenger Survey

Volodymyr Bilotkach: Impact of Transatlantic Joint Ventures on Flight Scheduling

Imane Hoummirat: From Travel Intent to Mode Selection: Behavioral Drivers of Air-Rail Intermodal Choices

Laingo Randrianarisoa: Slot Reductions at Mexico City International Airport: Economic Impact and Competitive Implications for U.S. and Mexican Carriers

Christoph Klingenberg: The Desperation Index: A Network-Based Early-Warning Indicator of Financial Stress—and Strategic Profit Restoration—in Low-Cost Carriers

Davide Scotti: The Effects of Unlocking Intra-African Air Connections

Break

15:30-17:30 

Session

Chair: Estelle Malavolti

LogiLab

Andrea Gualini

Flight Delays, Operational Responses and their Environmental Cost: Evidence from European Skies

Discussant: Li Zou

Qian Liu

Data driven airline supply comparison with optimal transport theory

Discussant: Chiara Morlotti

Kevin Remmy

Merger Waves in Retrospective: Evidence from the U.S. Airline Industry

Discussant: Volodymyr Bilotkach 

Break

17:45-18:20 

Early stage papers

Chair: Gianmaria Martini

 LogiLab

Chair: Bernardo Puente-Mejia

Digilab

Peizhi Li: The Role of Consumer Preferences in Airline Adoption of Hydrogen Aircraft in China

Lorenzo Zanchi: Integrating Survey Insights and Mobile Big Data for Airport Choice and Catchment Area Modeling: A Deep Learning–Augmented Approach

Yagmur Gok: Market-Level Analysis of Airline Business Model Responses to Hydrogen Aircraft Adoption in Europe

Athanasios Palamares: Is pilots' fatigue a huge concern for flight safety in Europe? Evidence from short-haul flights

18:20-18:30, LogiLab

Closing Session: Nicole Adler, Christian Bontemps & Gianmaria Martini