Suau-Sanchez, PereVoltes-Dorta, AugustoRodríguez-Déniz, Héctor2017-05-192017-05-192017-04-06Pere Suau-Sanchez, Augusto Voltes-Dorta, Héctor Rodríguez-Déniz, An assessment of the potential for self-connectivity at European airports in holiday markets, Tourism Management, Volume 62, October 2017, pp54-640261-5177http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2017.03.022https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/11915In a context of intense airport and airline competition, a few European airports have recently started offering self-connection services to price-sensitive holiday passengers travelling with a combination of tickets where the airline/s involved do not handle the transfer themselves. This paper provides an exploratory analysis of the potential and implications of self-connectivity for European airports and airlines using a case study of air travel routes to holiday destinations in the Mediterranean. With the help of a forecasting model based on a zero-inflated Poisson regression, we identify the airports and airlines that have the highest potential to facilitate self-connections in the selected markets. The results also explore some implications of the widespread development of self-connection services in Europe.enAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 InternationalTourist airportsSelf-connectivityHoliday travelPoisson regressionArticle