Although there is a wealth of research about business growth in
individual US metropolitan areas and in the US generally, there is
relatively little research about growth and change in the business
passenger segment of the airline industry. Some have examined the
similarities and differences between business and leisure passengers
(Dresner, 2006), while others have explored business passengers'
willingness to use low cost carriers (Mason, 2000; Neal & Kassens-
Noor, 2011). Research on the structure and organization of business
air travel networks is still more limited, driven largely by the difficulties
associated with identifying business passengers and compiling
large-scale data on their movements. Here, two promising streams