An Empirical Study on the Demand of Air Passenger Transport and Regional Economic Development in Inner Mongolia

摘要

As an important part of the comprehensive transportation system, air transportation is the key link connecting regional exchanges. And air transportation can actively promote the development of regional economy. In this paper, the airport operation and regional economy of the leagues and cities in Inner Mongolia are taken as the research object, the co-integration and Granger causality between the air passenger throughput (TQ) and regional gross domestic product (GDP) of the leagues and cities are analyzed, and the correlation between air passenger throughput and regional gross domestic product is discussed. It is found that there is co-integration relationship between the air passenger throughput and regional gross domestic product in seven cities. The League cities with co-integration relationship are Hohhot City, Ordos City, Baotou City, Tongliao City, Xilin Gol League, Hulunbuir City and Bayannur City. In Granger causality analysis, regional gross domestic product of Hohhot City, Baotou City, Hulun Buir City, Tongliao City, Chifeng City and Bayannur City, Xilin Gol League and Hinggan League is the Granger cause of air passenger throughput, and vice versa. regional gross domestic product and air passenger throughput of Ordos City are mutually Granger causality. In general, regional economic development plays a more significant role in promoting the growth of air transport. Through comparative study, it is found that regional economic development can better promote the growth of air transport in Tongliao City.