Program

Antunes
Discussant:

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

Chair:

Bernardo
Discussant:

The entry of Low-Cost Carriers to Latin America. Evidence from Argentina

Pham
Discussant:

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

Break

Nesheim
Discussant:

Carbon Regulation and Competition in European Airline Industry

Chair:

Sun
Discussant:

Pathways towards reaching IATA’s 2050 sustainability targets

de Jong
Discussant:

Competing on Emission Charges in Aviation: Theory and Policy Implication

Lunch

Keynote 1: Marleen Marra, KU Leuven

Chair:

Chair:

Morlotti: Flight Path Dispersion in Commercial Aviation

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

Short Session

Gallarati: Green Technology Investment in Airline Markets: A Theoretical Framework

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

Jia: Evaluating Heterogeneous Airport Decarbonization Demonstrations Using a Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Feasibility–Sustainability Framework

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

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

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

Break

Hirte
Discussant:

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

Chair:

Zou
Discussant:

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

Martini
Discussant:

Effects of Airline Cooperation with local and global markets

Dinner thanks to Fraport

9:00-10:20

Li
Discussant

Distributionally Robust Airport Ground Holding Problem under Wasserstein Ambiguity Sets

Chair:                  

Puente-Mejia
Discussant

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

Break

10:30-11:50

Lange
Discussant

Process Detection in Air Cargo

Chair:

Andreana
Discussant

Estimating the societal value of airport slots

Break

12:15-13:00

Keynote 2: Guglielmo Lulli

Lunch

14:00-15:15

Chair:

Chair:

Short Session

Scotti: The Effects of Unlocking Intra-African Air Connections

Bilotkach: Impact of Transatlantic Joint Ventures on Flight Scheduling

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

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

Fabrizi: The value of information: Evidence from the Airline Industry

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

Ripoll-Zarraga: A Hybrid DEA–Classification and Regression Tree Approach for US Airline Efficiency

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

Gualini
Discussant

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

15:30-17:30

Chair:

Liu
Discussant

Data driven airline supply comparison with optimal transport theory

Borsati
Discussant

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

Break

Chair:

Chair:

17:45-18:20

Short Session

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

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

Roucolle: Do bans on shorthaul flights deliver environmental gains? Evidence of a rebound effect in French regional airports

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

18:20-18:30

Closing Session