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Table 5 Number of O-D pairs with return trips i) during the day with at least 4 h at destination, ii) during the day with at least 4 h at destination at city pairs, iii) with at least 24 h at destination and iv) with at least 24 h at destination and both the one-way and return trips operated by the same carriers

From: Manage with care: the frailty of self-connections in the European airport network

 

OneWorld

SkyTeam

Star

Alliance

Online

Self

connect

Total

Scenario 1

Daily return trip

(al least 4 h

at destination)

O-D pairs

603

1347

1335

112

1698

5095

% O-D linked

17.9%

48.1%

35.1%

11.6%

9.2%

17.3%

No. return options

1.18

0.93

1.34

0.80

1.09

1.18

Scenario 2

Daily return trip at

city-pairs (al least 4

hours at destination)

City pairs

624

1354

1352

113

1913

5356

% City linked

18.5%

48.4%

35.6%

11.7%

10.3%

18.2%

No. return options

1.25

1.11

1.37

0.84

1.08

1.25

Scenario 3

Return trip

(al least 24 h

at destination)

O-D pairs

2496

2531

3018

587

12,184

20,816

% O-D linked

74.1%

90.4%

79.4%

60.6%

65.8%

70.7%

No. return options

8.87

7.87

12.60

6.47

3.70

8.87

Scenario 4

Return trip

(at least 24 h

at destination) –

same carriers

O-D pairs

2427

2519

2982

568

10,096

18,592

% O-D linked

72.1%

90.0%

78.4%

58.6%

54.5%

63.1%

No. return options

5.13

2.35

8.65

5.49

3.82

5.13