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104 gap statements mined from Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends papers in our 7.9M-paper local library, which holds 1,515 papers on the topic — drawn mostly from each paper's own stated research gap, future-work, challenge and limitation notes, and its abstract. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one.

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  • This study posits that further research is required to establish the feasibility of implementing a virtual interlining system supported by artificial intelligence (AI) merging data from airports, airlines and destination management organisations (DMOs) with a view to streamlining strategic approaches and service delivery through innovative personalised visitor packages.

    Benchmarking airports and airlines to enhance Ireland’s tourism · 2025 · DOI

  • The need for a strategic planning framework for hybrid airlines. The lack of integration of AI into fleet planning, demand forecasting, and flight network design.

    AI-Supported Fleet and Network Design for a Hybrid Airline Model: A Case Study on an Airline Startup · 2026 · DOI

  • The study aims to address the gap in understanding passengers' travel mode choice under competitive conditions between high-speed rail and air express services. The existing literature widely regards travel distance as the fundamental determinant shaping the competitive relationship between air and rail transport.

    Model and Empirical Research on Passengers' Travel Mode Choice in the Context of Competition between High-Speed Rail and Air Express Lines · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a need to understand how service failures impact satisfaction and how they can be mitigated. There is a lack of research on the relationships between service convenience, service failure, and consumer satisfaction.

    How Can Service Convenience Reestablish Passenger Satisfaction After a Flight Delay? A Data Mining Approach · 2026 · DOI

  • Routes connecting remote airports are more vulnerable and rely heavily on incentive policies. Low-traffic infrastructure has more limited resources and expertise for route development. Studies on airport choice factors for low-demand markets are limited.

    Infrastructure and socioeconomic characteristics of small airports with regular commercial aviation services on thin-demand routes operated by low-capacity aircraft · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a lack of understanding of the characteristics of small airports with regular commercial aviation services on thin-demand routes operated by low-capacity aircraft. The existing literature on the aviation market has focused more on analyzing high-capacity airports served by larger aircraft.

    Infrastructure and socioeconomic characteristics of small airports with regular commercial aviation services on thin-demand routes operated by low-capacity aircraft · 2026 · DOI

  • This study has limitations that future research should address.

    Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaotic Microstructure of European Airline Stocks: Evidence from Recurrence Quantification Analysis · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research can focus on the impact of sustainability initiatives on the aviation sector.

    The Remarkable Journey of IndiGo Airlines · 2026 · DOI

  • The Indian aviation landscape has witnessed the rise and decline of various airlines. There is a need to understand the factors that contribute to an airline's success.

    The Remarkable Journey of IndiGo Airlines · 2026 · DOI

  • The SWOT analysis and comparative benchmarking suggest that Suvarnabhumi Airport has not yet established a clearly differentiated strategic position in the regional air cargo market.

    The Future of Suvanrnabhumi Airport as an Air Logistics Hub in Southeast Asia · 2026 · DOI

  • Further research could explore the impact of high-speed trains on other modes of transportation. The study could be extended to analyze the effect of high-speed trains on the environment. The study could be replicated in other countries to compare the results.

    Studying the effect of introducing new high-speed rails on the future mode share: case study in Egypt · 2026 · DOI

  • The lack of studies on the impact of high-speed trains on future mode share in Egypt. The need for a mode-choice model that considers socio-economic characteristics, trip properties, and mode attributes.

    Studying the effect of introducing new high-speed rails on the future mode share: case study in Egypt · 2026 · DOI

  • The findings provide new references into the HSR-economy relationship under varying spatial organizational modes and offer empirical evidence for further study on transportation infrastructure and regional economic development in western China.

    Temporal evolution and regional economic implications of the spatial structure of high-speed rail network in Western China’s urban agglomerations (2014–2024) · 2026 · DOI

  • This study investigates user preferences and price sensitivity for shared and non-shared UAM services, addressing the underexplored intersection between pricing incentives, environmental awareness, and demographic heterogeneity in UAM adoption decisions.

    Beyond solo UAM flights: Service preferences incorporating price sensitivity and user behaviors · 2026 · DOI

  • Research on the demand and climate impacts of domestic and international long-distance travel (LDT) has expanded rapidly, yet comparatively little is known about whether these two domains are behaviourally interlinked; that is, whether participation in one is associated with participation in, or the intensity of, the other.

    Are domestic long-distance travel and international flying complementary? Evidence from England’s National Travel Survey, 2015–2019 · 2026 · DOI

  • Ideally, these findings should be replicated in a study that explores a wider variety of environmental pollutants, emissions, wastewater contamination, and solid waste pollution.

    Talent agglomeration and carbon emissions in China: promotive effect or inhibitory effect? analysis on heterogeneous bilateral stochastic frontier model · 2025 · DOI

  • While extensive research examines inter-city phenomena, limited research focuses on intra-city dynamism, particularly how HSR affects new firm formation and their spatial distribution within a city.

    Impacts of high-speed rail on new firm formation and economic clustering: Evidence from Suzhou, China · 2025 · DOI

  • While extensive research has examined the impact of COVID-19 on public transportation modes, changes in airport service quality perception during public health emergencies remain understudied.

    Accounting for heteroskedasticity in understanding the long-term impact of the public health emergency on passengers’ satisfaction in a mid-sized airport · 2025 · DOI

  • Our research addresses conflicting findings in the literature regarding the relationship between OE, SQ and firm performance by demonstrating the moderating effect of a firm’s SO on this relationship.

    Balancing operational efficiency and service quality: how strategy shapes performance in the US airline industry · 2025 · DOI

  • The increasing volume of users has highlighted several service-related shortcomings at Lueng Bata Mini-Bus Terminal. The study aims to evaluate the terminal’s service quality from the users' perspective.

    Assessing Service Quality of a Type C Passenger Terminal Using Importance–Performance Analysis: A User-Based Approach · 2026 · DOI

  • Most existing studies focus on communication technology performance comparisons between WAVE and LTE-V2X, without addressing infrastructure transition planning at the national level.

    Evaluating LTE-V2X Transition Strategies for South Korea’s Hybrid C-ITS Environment: A KPI-Based Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Framework · 2026 · DOI

  • Further research can explore the impact of ESG criteria on firm value in other industries, - The study can be extended to examine the relationship between ESG scores and firm value in the long term, - Future research can investigate the effects of ESG regulations on small and medium-sized…

    The Impact of ESG Criteria on Firm Value: A Strategic Analysis of the Airline Industry · 2024 · DOI

  • Testing the outputs of the AI-based models with real operational data. Conducting the study on other airlines and in an international context.

    AI-Supported Fleet and Network Design for a Hybrid Airline Model: A Case Study on an Airline Startup · 2026 · DOI

  • Balancing infrastructure reuse, migration cost, operational continuity, and future scalability during the transition period. Maintaining interoperability between existing WAVE-based infrastructure and newly deployed LTE-V2X systems. Managing technological change through structured transition strategies and socio-technical system evolution.

    Evaluating LTE-V2X Transition Strategies for South Korea’s Hybrid C-ITS Environment: A KPI-Based Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Framework · 2026 · DOI

  • Many HST projects fail due to demand overestimation and cost overruns. The study aims to identify factors influencing HST demand in Indonesia from user perspectives. The study reviews the relevant literature to identify gaps in the current understanding of HST demand.

    Determinants of High-Speed Train Demand: Insights from the Jakarta—Bandung Corridor in Indonesia · 2025 · DOI

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Open questions raised by papers listed on this page include: (1) The lack of integration of AI into fleet planning, demand forecasting, and flight network design (“AI-Supported Fleet and Network Design for a Hybrid Airline Model: A Case Study…”, 2026); (2) There is a need to understand how service failures impact satisfaction and how they can be mitigated (“How Can Service Convenience Reestablish Passenger Satisfaction After a Flight…”, 2026); (3) There is a lack of understanding of the characteristics of small airports with regular commercial aviation services on thin-demand routes operated by low-capacity aircraft (“Infrastructure and socioeconomic characteristics of small airports with regular…”, 2026); (4) Future research can focus on the impact of sustainability initiatives on the aviation sector (“The Remarkable Journey of IndiGo Airlines”, 2026); (5) The SWOT analysis and comparative benchmarking suggest that Suvarnabhumi Airport has not yet established a clearly differentiated strategic position in the regional air cargo market (“The Future of Suvanrnabhumi Airport as an Air Logistics Hub in Southeast Asia”, 2026). 104 gap statements have been mined from Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends papers in our 7.9M-paper local library, which holds 1,515 papers on the topic; the gaps come from whichever of those papers state one. They are mostly the research gaps the authors state and the papers' abstracts, plus future-work, limitations and challenges passages. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one, so you can read the original claim in context.

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