Suau-Sanchez, PereBurghouwt, Guillaume2013-01-152013-01-152012-01-31Pere Suau-Sanchez and Guillaume Burghouwt. Connectivity levels and the competitive position of Spanish airports and Iberia's network rationalization strategy, 2001-2007. Journal of Air Transport Management, Volume 18, Issue 1, January 2012, Pages 47–53.0969-6997http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jairtraman.2011.08.004http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/7734This paper examines the connectivity of the Spanish airport system between 2001 and 2007. Over the period, network carriers considerably strengthened the connectivity between Spanish airports and major European hubs. Although OneWorld is still the dominant alliance in Spain, SkyTeam and Star achieved a larger connectivity share through the growth of indirect services provided through their northern European hubs. In addition, the network rationalization strategy of Iberia and its decision to concentrate operations at Madrid-Barajas had important implications for the connectivity of other Spanish airports. Low-cost carriers have boosted direct connectivity from secondary Spanish airports.this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of Air Transport Management. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of Air Transport Management, Volume 18, Issue 1, January 2012, Pages 47–53. DOI:10.1016/j.jairtraman.2011.08.004Article