Abstract:
Air transport network plays a major role in
catalyzing globalization through facilitating the movement of
goods and people between countries. This study analysed the
connectivity of the airline network of the national carrier of Sri
Lanka and identified the critical airports and their impact to the
network. The study considered the network of Sri Lankan
Airlines for the analysis and used flight stats data for data
collection. Dubai International Airport (DXB), Delhi
International Airport (DEL) and Kuala Lumpur International
Airport (KUL) had the highest degree centrality in the network,
indicating strong connectivity with other nodes in the network.
Thus the most critical airports in the network. While Gan
International Airport (GAN) and Seychells International Airport
(SEZ) indicated the lowest degree centrality. Degree centrality of
the nodes in the networked changed when critical airports were
removed from the network. Combaitre International Airport
(CJB) is having the highest closeness centrality indicating the
ease of movement between the nodes. Removing the critical
airports with from the network affected the closeness centrality
score of the nodes.
Citation:
S. Prasani and A. Fernando, "Analysis on Centrality Index of Air Network," 2018 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon), 2018, pp. 167-172, doi: 10.1109/MERCon.2018.8422001.