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Table 9 Number of travels completed and delay at destination in case of missed the second-leg flight by connection type and geographical regions
From: Manage with care: the frailty of self-connections in the European airport network
Missing second-step flight | OneWorld | SkyTeam | Star Alliance | Online | Self connect | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
European Connections | ||||||
No. travels completed | 24,300 | 37,787 | 46,597 | 3919 | 109,425 | 222,028 |
% of total O-D connections | 88.1% | 91.5% | 87.9% | 85.3% | 76.9% | 82.6% |
Delay at destination (h) | 8.5 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 12.7 | 12.1 | 9.9 |
Path completed in the day | 15,472 | 24,337 | 32,691 | 1884 | 53,232 | 127,616 |
% of travels completed | 63.7% | 64.4% | 70.2% | 48.1% | 48.6% | 57.5% |
Delay at destination (h) | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
Extra-EU Connections | ||||||
No. travels completed | 13,463 | 20,426 | 19,774 | 520 | 29,110 | 83,293 |
% of total O-D connections | 78.6% | 80.5% | 73.8% | 85.7% | 75.4% | 76.8% |
Delay at destination (h) | 16.7 | 18.0 | 20.8 | 19.4 | 21.2 | 19.6 |
Path completed in the day | 4479 | 5387 | 2763 | 104 | 5025 | 17,758 |
% of travels completed | 33.3% | 26.4% | 14.0% | 20.0% | 17.3% | 21.3% |
Delay at destination (h) | 11.3 | 7.3 | 12.3 | 19.4 | 11.0 | 10.2 |
Total Connections | ||||||
No. travels completed | 37,763 | 58,213 | 66,371 | 4439 | 138,535 | 305,321 |
% of total O-D connections | 84.4% | 87.3% | 83.2% | 85.4% | 76.6% | 80.9% |
Delay at destination (h) | 11.5 | 11.3 | 11.2 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 12.6 |
Path completed in the day | 19,951 | 29,724 | 35,454 | 1988 | 58,257 | 145,374 |
% of travels completed | 52.8% | 51.1% | 53.4% | 44.8% | 42.1% | 47.6% |
Delay at destination (h) | 5.6 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 |