B. Urban agglomerations
As already addressed in the previous section, the origin and destination of traffic flows are also important to
understand air travel demand. A high share of European citizens live in urban agglomerations. According to
World Bank (2016) data, this urban population accumulates to more than 70 per cent of the total population
across the considered European countries. These all have an urbanisation degree of at least 50 per cent and the
majority of countries have a share of above 65 per cent. This high degree of urbanisation gives a first indication
that a high share of (air) transport within Europe takes place between these urban centres. Passengers might also
expect (air) traffic connections between urban areas. In order to depict respective flows the geographical
distribution of urban agglomerations gives a further indication. Population density is usually highest in the areas
surrounding European capitals and large cities (e.g. Paris, London, Rome, Berlin) or large urban agglomerations
(e.g. German Ruhrgebiet).
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