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{"title":"Empirical evidence on the promotion of low-cost carriers (LCCs) and full-service carriers (FSCs) under a multi-airport system","authors":"Yueyang Li ,&nbsp;Xiaowen Fu ,&nbsp;Gaobo Yang ,&nbsp;Hyungchul Chung ,&nbsp;Yi Ai ,&nbsp;Hongliang Ding","doi":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101312","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101312","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines the transformation of urban air transportation in Chengdu before and after the opening of Tianfu International Airport, with a focus on the impact of a multi-airport system (MAS) on low-cost carriers (LCCs) and full-service carriers (FSCs) in megacities. Using actual operational data, this study systematically analyzes the changes in air transportation operations, resource allocation, and operational efficiency for LCCs and FSCs following the integration of the new airport. The findings show that the MAS has significantly improved the connectivity and capacity of Chengdu's air transportation network. The number of approach and departure routes, as well as airspace utilization rates, has increased significantly, effectively alleviating operational bottlenecks. Flight volumes for both LCCs and FSCs grew by over 50 %, with particularly notable increases in traffic on routes to more developed regions, such as Eastern and Southern China. Additionally, the MAS has increased flexibility in flight schedule optimization, with prime-time flights rising by over 60 %, further boosting the profitability of LCCs. The MAS has also shown significant benefits in improving operational efficiency, with average flight delays reduced from 29 min to 14 min. Moreover, the improvement in delay adjustment capacity for LCCs has further narrowed the operational performance gap between the two carrier types. These results highlight the MAS's critical role in fostering airline growth, particularly for LCCs, improving air service quality, and strengthening urban competitiveness. This study provides a comprehensive evaluation of Chengdu's MAS and offers practical insights and strategic guidance for other cities in managing MAS and developing tailored policies for carriers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47453,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Business and Management","volume":"59 ","pages":"Article 101312"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143520155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Low-cost carrier development under airline-within-airline strategy: Bibliometric analysis and systematic literature review","authors":"Weicheng Wang ,&nbsp;Xiaowen Fu ,&nbsp;Kun Wang ,&nbsp;Xiaoqian Sun ,&nbsp;Sebastian Wandelt ,&nbsp;Jianda Wang ,&nbsp;Xiangru Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101305","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101305","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>With the advent of aviation deregulation, the rapid development of low-cost carriers (LCCs) has posed significant competitive pressures to established airlines, particularly full-service carriers (FSCs). In response to these challenges, FSCs have undergone substantial operational strategy reforms. One such response has been adopting the airline-within-airline (AWA) strategy, wherein FSCs establish subsidiary LCCs. These subsidiary LCCs are either utilised as fighting brands to compete with major LCC competitors directly or to expand the market coverage of the parent airline. However, not all subsidiary LCCs have succeeded, and their impacts on the market competition structure and outcomes have varied significantly. We aim to provide a thorough review of existing studies and address a series of vital questions, including the market impact of AWA, incentives for adopting such strategy, and the successful operation patterns of subsidiary LCCs under the AWA framework. To ensure the breadth and depth of our review, we construct an article database and employ semantic analysis to capture relevant studies' titles, keywords, and abstracts. We summarise and report the adopted research methodologies, aviation markets studied, keywords and author co-occurrence networks, as well as research trends and gaps in previous literature. Through bibliometric analysis, we identify the importance of subsidiary autonomy and coordinating labour policy between low-cost and full-service group members. Meanwhile, the changing dynamic of airline competition requires flexible adjustment in route configuration, and up-to-date empirical investigation is necessary to understand airline group strategy. The significant disruption brought by the COVID-19 pandemic has not been detailly studied for AWA. Our literature review could provide insights into the current state of research in this area while also identifying future research opportunities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47453,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Business and Management","volume":"59 ","pages":"Article 101305"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143520176","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The role of perceptions and expectations for public transport satisfaction in Korean metropolitan areas","authors":"Nakhyeon Choi ,&nbsp;Junghwa Kim ,&nbsp;Suij Kim ,&nbsp;Kitae Jang ,&nbsp;Jan-Dirk Schmöcker","doi":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101333","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101333","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigated the determinants of passenger satisfaction. We conducted an online survey among public transport users in five Korean metropolitan areas and discuss differences between Seoul and other metropolitan areas. This survey examined satisfaction based on perception and expectation across five dimensions: Mobility, Accessibility, Reliability, Transfer, and Comfort. The study introduced the gap score, which represents the difference between perceived and expected satisfaction, to meaningfully explain overall passenger satisfaction. Using structural equation modeling to explore path coefficients, we found that “Accessibility gap” is a significant determinant of satisfaction regardless of metropolitan area size. “Mobility gap” in the capital region and “Comfort gap” in comparatively smaller metropolitan areas were also found to be significant determinants. This is despite overall mobility being rated higher and comfort being rated lower in the capital region. Our results suggest hence a “paradox” for public transport planning. If the service aspect is better, passengers develop higher expectations and deviations from the expected service quality raises disappointment which leads to overall reduced satisfaction.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47453,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Business and Management","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 101333"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143511799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"What has driven the adoption of BEV and PHEV in the EU?","authors":"Sónia Almeida Neves,&nbsp;António Cardoso Marques","doi":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101331","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101331","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Moving towards greater electric mobility in Europe is fundamental for energy transition and reducing fossil fuel dependence. This paper analyses the role of socioeconomic, environmental, and technical factors on the diffusion of battery electric vehicles (BEV) and plug-in electric vehicles (PHEV) into the market. Annual panel data from 2010 to 2020 for 25 European countries were used by recurring to the Driscoll-Kraay estimator. BEV and PHEV sales market share was employed to measure both vehicles' diffusion. The main findings indicate that the fast public charging stations drive the adoption of both BEV and PHEV. The normal charging stations block the adoption of BEV and have no significant impact on PHEV sales. This paper provides empirical evidence suggesting that higher income levels do not lead to substituting traditional vehicles for EV. Particular attention should be paid to the negative role of environmental tax revenues in adopting both BEV and PHEV. Our findings indicate that those paying additional taxes for polluting activities do not have the financial capacity to buy an EV. To address this situation, policymakers could incentivise the use of EV instead of encouraging purchases, providing, for instance, special prices at tolls.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47453,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Business and Management","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 101331"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143511800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A low cost blockchain-based model for detecting of counterfeiting container in the road transport system","authors":"Zahra Hadizadeh Valami,&nbsp;HamidReza Ahmadifar","doi":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101329","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101329","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Modern transportation systems increasingly rely on information technologies to address key challenges such as ensuring product quality and detecting counterfeit goods. Existing systems track goods online using Internet of Things (IoT) sensors; however, in certain areas—due to factors like adverse weather or geographical barriers—consistent Internet access is unavailable. This gap presents a vulnerability where containers may be replaced with counterfeit cargo. In this paper, we propose a model that uses Global Positioning System (GPS) data to detect counterfeiting containers. Each container is equipped with a digital identifier that transmits an encrypted unique ID (K_i) to authorized receivers. This ID, along with the GPS ID (G_i) and truck engine ID (ID_i), forms a triple identifier (K_i, G_i, ID_i), which is hashed using the Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA-3) and stored in a blockchain for product tracking. Since the G_i and ID_i are inherently available on each truck, no additional IoT sensors are needed, reducing implementation costs. Furthermore, the model records information on all components of a shipment in the blockchain, allowing for comprehensive tracking and authentication along the supply chain, both at authorized intermediate control stations and at the final destination. The proposed model has been evaluated across various qualitative criteria including security, cost-efficiency, scalability, flexibility, traceability, and transparency. It is particularly well-suited for routes where IoT-based tracking is impractical or where GPS and Internet access are limited.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47453,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Business and Management","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 101329"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143511798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Giving Voice to Women in Public Transport: Understanding “(Im)Mobility of Care” and female travel patterns","authors":"Keiko Porath,&nbsp;Patricia Galilea","doi":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101325","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101325","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Regarding the latest developments in transport research and policy, “mobility of care” (MoC) is a concept that has started to be recognised. MoC refers to trips generated by activities of care for home/family. These activities are mostly associated with women and affect their mobility patterns, thus requiring observing mobility from a gender perspective.</div><div>Using analysis with the gender-perspective of Santiago's mobility survey and our survey, we obtain characteristics of caregivers' mobility patterns.</div><div>Findings highlight significant inequalities between genders. Specific results show: (1) twice as many women than men make chained trips because of care reasons; (2) minors conduct care-chain trips, which suggests that in the Global South, minors also conduct care-task trips; (3) the presence of children in the household creates a gender gap between women and men that is not present in households without children; (4) immigrant women and single mothers make more stages in a chained trip; (5) 31,2 % of trips are done for care-related reasons, with a significant difference between women and men.</div><div>Our results show that including gender-perspective in transport planning can help reduce gaps between genders and offer ways of reducing poverty, which makes mobility more equitable and sustainable – environmentally, economically, and socially.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47453,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Business and Management","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 101325"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143509487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A hybrid heuristic algorithm for high-speed rail line planning problem with multiple transport organization modes","authors":"Shiqi Li ,&nbsp;Xinghan Chen ,&nbsp;Maoxiang Lang","doi":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101328","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101328","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigated the line planning problem for high-speed rail (HSR) trains that must satisfy both passenger and freight transportation demand and operate in coordination on a common line. It is necessary to maximize the utilization of the transport capacity of the HSR network by applying multiple transport organization modes to simultaneously allocate passenger and freight demands and solve the operational schemes of passenger and freight trains in parallel. A multi-objective mixed integer linear programming (MO-MILP) model was constructed with individual HSR passenger and freight carriages as decision objects. To solve the NP-hard problem, a hybrid heuristic algorithm combining column generation and genetic algorithms was designed. The algorithm introduces strategies such as carriage candidate set, train formation and stops, and demand updating. The numerical experiment was based on real operation data of China's Dalian–Harbin HSR line and was compared with the existing solution method. The results indicate that the optimization effect of the line planning problem is remarkable.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47453,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Business and Management","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 101328"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143487502","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Privatising profits and socialising losses: The effects of liberalisation on the incumbent high-speed rail operator in Spain","authors":"Amparo Moyano ,&nbsp;Frédéric Dobruszkes","doi":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101317","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101317","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper investigates the destiny of high-speed rail (HSR) operations as rail liberalisation challenges the cross-subsidy single rail operators established between profitable and non-profitable routes when they monopolised the whole HSR network. When an incumbent HSR operator has to share the cake with newcomers, the resulting decline in revenues and profits may limit the effectiveness of the relevant cross-subsidies. We analyse such scenarios through the case of Spain, in which the state-owned incumbent rail company, Renfe, faces increasing competition in its more lucrative HSR corridors. Scenarios suggest that with only a 30 % drop in ticket sales in the northeastern HSR corridor, the financial balance of Renfe's HSR commercial operations becomes negative. This means that beyond the profits made by new entrants in one or two specific corridors, the outcomes for non-profitable corridors will be quite different: public authorities will have to cover losses and/or Renfe will have to increase ticket prices and/or the frequencies of HSR services will have to be cut. Travellers on the most profitable HSR routes will enjoy greater frequency of services and lower fares, while those on other HSR routes could experience less frequency and higher fares. In geographical terms, rail liberalisation applied to HSR operations may thus have very heterogeneous effects and reinforce spatial inequalities between regions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47453,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Business and Management","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 101317"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143487501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Does metropolitan motorization reflect regional religious affiliations? A social reference consideration of car ownership","authors":"Gregory L. Newmark ,&nbsp;Emma L. Rearick","doi":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101321","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101321","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Motorization rates, the number of private vehicles per thousand residents, are growing globally. Effective mitigation policy requires an understanding of the underlying drivers of auto ownership. Traditional statistical models of auto ownership have been criticized for excluding the social context within which major lifestyle decisions are made. This omission is seen as a contributor to the failure of policy to rein in motorization. This research addresses this concern by exploring the impact of one specific social group reference effect, religious affiliation, on countywide motorization in metropolitan regions in the continental United States. This research finds that religious affiliation rates are statistically significant predictors of motorization rates. This observation both suggests the importance of social reference group effects on auto ownership decisions and the potential value of tailoring sustainable transport policies to specific social groups.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47453,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Business and Management","volume":"59 ","pages":"Article 101321"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143474231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Optimal routing and scheduling for a mobile parcel locker delivery system","authors":"Shangyao Yan,&nbsp;Ching-Sheng Sun,&nbsp;Yen-Yu Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101318","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101318","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Mobile Parcel Lockers (MPLs), a type of electric vehicle, are gaining popularity in the logistics industry. The primary aim of this study is to address the challenge of optimizing the daily pickup and delivery routes and schedules for MPLs within the framework of a novel business model. In order to achieve this goal, a network flow model has been developed, which aims to minimize operational costs while taking into account the essential constraints related to the movement of MPLs. Additionally, we have presented a series of Relax-and-Fix heuristics and a flow decomposition algorithm to effectively address the formulated model. Through an evaluation using real-world data from a logistics company as an example, the practicality of the model has been verified. In all cases, the gap in objective values between heuristic and CPLEX is very small, averaging at 0.55 %, yet the solution time is reduced by 90.2 %. Meanwhile, sensitivity analysis reveals that routing and scheduling are primarily influenced by factors such as payload restrictions and parcel pickup and delivery locations. The results of our study demonstrate the effectiveness of the model and solution algorithms, thereby offering logistics companies valuable tools for optimizing their MPL delivery routes and schedules with the new business model.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47453,"journal":{"name":"Research in Transportation Business and Management","volume":"59 ","pages":"Article 101318"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143474463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}