Robustness Analysis of the Regional and Interregional Components of the Weighted World Air Transportation Network

Figure 3

The figure at the left represents the airports in the uncovered large local components. They are in well-delimited geographic areas. Each color represents a component. (1) North America-Caribbean, (2) Europe-Russia, (3) East and Southeast Asia-Oceania, (4) Africa-Middle East-Southern Asia, and (5) South America. The figure at the right represents the airports of the largest global component. In contrast to local components, they are scattered all over the world.