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Jan Henrik Nilsson.

Jan-Henrik Nilsson

Universitetslektor, docent

Jan Henrik Nilsson.

Frequent flyer programmes and the reproduction of aeromobility

Författare

  • Stefan Gössling
  • Jan-Henrik Nilsson

Summary, in English

It is now increasingly recognized that aviation is an important driver of individual and global mobility. Growth in mobility is not evenly distributed, however: recent studies indicate that a relatively small, highly mobile part of society may account for a large share of the total distances travelled. In reviewing one of the processes that may lead to growth in individual aeromobility, the paper focuses on frequent flyer programmes (FFPs) as an institutionalized framework for high mobility, detailing how these programmes reward and thus increase interest in aeromobility. Results are linked to a number of observations regarding the interrelationship of high mobility and social status, and substantiated by a survey of FFP members and their perspectives on benefits provided by such programmes. It is argued that FFPs reward high mobility and discursively interlink frequent flying with social status, which is an important element in the development of mobility patterns which shape and create the social structures that 'necessitate' air travel.

Avdelning/ar

  • Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap

Publiceringsår

2010

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

241-252

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Environment & Planning A

Volym

42

Issue

1

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Pion Ltd

Ämne

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Aktiv

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 0308-518X