Research Article

Community Detection in Airline Networks: An Empirical Analysis of American vs. Southwest Airlines

Table 3

Change in community correlations when top 10 airports are ‘attacked.’

AAL networkSWA network
TopAirportTopAirport

1DFW0.250.341LAX0.370.23
2CLT0.170.042BWI0.260.30
3ORD0.110.293MDW0.220.27
4PHL0.100.064DEN0.200.11
5LAX0.070.095LAS0.10.11
6MIA0.210.226HOU0.10.14
7PHX0.040.107PHX0.090.23
8BOS0.020.188ATL0.090.14
9JFK0.020.279OAK0.090.17
10LAS0.020.2210MCO0.090.15