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Dimitriou, Dimitrios, Mary Sartzetaki, Asimina Voskaki, and George Athanasiadis. "AN INPUT OUTPUT MODEL TO QUANTIFY THE BENEFITS OF TOURIST AIRPORTS ON REGIONAL ECONOMY." Journal of Air Transport Studies 2, no. 2 (July 1, 2011): 92–105. http://dx.doi.org/10.38008/jats.v2i2.102.
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Airports are widely recognized as having a considerable economic and social impact on their surrounding regions. These impacts go far beyond the direct impact of an airport’s operation, extending also to the wider benefits that air service accessibility brings to regional business interests. Airports provide essential infrastructure to support regional social and economic growth. According to ACI, airports are major economic assets offering significant economic returns and benefits. A growing literature on this subject highlights the difficulties to calculate the effects of airports. This paper deals with the estimation of benefits of touristairports on regional economy. The methodology approach is based on an input-output model that - estimates the key categories of effects from tourist airport operations. Conventional wisdom is to present a well-organized modeling framework, appropriate for planners, mana gers and decision makers in order to quantify the effects of tourism airports on regional economies. The application is a new airport on the island of Crete in Greece, one of the most attractive tourist destinations in southeast Mediterranean.
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Woodburn, Amber. "Investigating Neighborhood Change in Airport-Adjacent Communities in Multiairport Regions, 1970–2010." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2626, no. 1 (January 2017): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/2626-01.
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This research generated new knowledge in the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of airport-adjacent communities to better understand patterns of exposure to the negative externalities of hub airports over time. The research asked the following question: How has the population of historically marginalized groups living near airports changed with the rise of the jet age? The spatial analysis and descriptive statistics showed that airport-adjacent communities in multiairport regions generally have increased numbers of persons of color and increased numbers of renters compared with their respective metropolitan regions. In addition, the communities often underperform socioeconomically with respect to their region. The study also tested three theories from the literature to explain the relationship between airport infrastructure and the airport’s surrounding communities: the “power to resist” effect, the “push–pull locally unwanted land use” effect, and the “airport-centric activity center” effect.
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Kiliç, Sena, Caglar Ucler, and Luis Martin-Domingo. "INNOVATION AT AIRPORTS: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW (2000–2019)." Aviation 25, no. 3 (November 25, 2021): 220–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/aviation.2021.14917.
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Airports operate in a highly-competitive and challenging environment. Therefore, in order to remain competitive, innovation is imperative for airports. This paper aims to conduct academic research into innovation at airports by reviewing studies published from 2000 to 2019 for presenting key findings. A systematic literature review was made based on scientific papers indexed in Scopus with the keywords innovation and airport in the title, abstract or keywords sections, consolidating the innovation focus, approach and degree discussed with respect to innovation areas and territorial focal points. Consequently, it was found that research on airport innovation is: (i) mainly focused on products/services, (ii) concerned with leveraging ICT (Informatıon Communication Technology), (iii) implemented ad-hoc without a consolidated strategic approach, and (iv) lacks the input of external innovation scholars and specialists.
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Eshtaiwi, Mohamed Ibrahim, Ibrahim A. Badi, Ali M. Abdulshahed, and Turan Erman Erkan. "Assessment of airport performance using the grey theory method." Grey Systems: Theory and Application 7, no. 3 (November 6, 2017): 426–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/gs-07-2017-0023.
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Purpose Performance evaluation of airports or any other organisation is paramount for improving performance. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate and compare the performance of the three international airports in Libya (MJI, MRA, and LAQ airports) by considering five aspects of performance. Design/methodology/approach The considered aspects are airport service quality, airport operations, airport economy, safety and security, and environmental. The paper uses the grey system theory to assess these airports by summarizing the opinions of experts. Findings The finding of this study provides directions of the evaluated airports to take the correct actions to improve overall performance. Originality/value No literature has been found till date is to evaluate and compare the performance of the international airports in Libya.
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Pishdar, Mahsa, Fatemeh Ghasemzadeh, and Jurgita Antuchevičienė. "A MIXED INTERVAL TYPE-2 FUZZY BEST-WORST MACBETH APPROACH TO CHOOSE HUB AIRPORT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: CASE OF IRANIAN PASSENGER AIRPORTS." Transport 34, no. 6 (December 19, 2019): 639–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/transport.2019.11723.
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Hub airports are the ones that model networks in which most journeys go via a few central points. Famous hub airports deliver positive social and environmental impact to the communities along with economic effects. This paper is about to investigate indicators related to hub performance excellence from various angles, considering leading hub airports performance while determining the priorities in order to help airports especially in developing countries to find the way of progress. A list of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) is prepared from the literature, which is prioritized using Best-Worst Method (BWM). The weights of these criteria are specified via application of interval type-2 fuzzy BWM. Then using five most important criteria, MACBETH (Measuring Attractiveness by a Categorical Based Evaluation TecHnique) ranking approach is used to analyse 19 Iranian international airports and find the most appropriate one for being hub airport. The results show Kish airport with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) code “OIBK” is prior to other airports and can be chosen as the hub airport that means Iran airports holding company is suggested to focus more investments in this airport to gain fastest possible benefits of an international hub airport.
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Heyes, Graeme. "Enhancing Noise Management Strategy: Recommendations from the strategy literature." INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings 263, no. 5 (August 1, 2021): 987–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.3397/in-2021-1722.
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Airports are required to manage noise impact owing to their requirement to obtain a social license to operate, and to comply with legislation such as the ICAO Balanced Approach and Environmental Noise Directive. Research has however shown that noise management actions and interventions often take a techno-centric approach, are implemented in silos, and that their success beyond noise metrics is rarely evaluated. Moreover, the success of Noise Action Plans in driving long-term noise management outcomes has also been critiqued at a number of levels. In the context of this background, this paper outlines the case for more strategic approaches to noise management and, drawing on the academic strategic literature, outlines approaches to developing such strategies that can be followed by airports. The aim of such approaches is to complement existing noise management guidance by providing step-processes that can aid airports in developing robust, repeatable, evaluable, and successful noise management strategies that are consistent with wider airport strategy and that are sympathetic to the needs of airport residents.
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Van Asch, Thomas, Wouter Dewulf, Franziska Kupfer, Hilde Meersman, Evy Onghena, and Eddy Van de Voorde. "AIR CARGO AND AIRPORT COMPETITIVENESS." Journal of Air Transport Studies 10, no. 2 (July 1, 2019): 48–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.38008/jats.v10i2.142.
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Historically, airlines and airports considered air cargo as a by-product. However, by looking for additional sources of revenue, airlines and airports became aware of the potential of air cargo. In this study, the competitiveness of European airports with respect to air cargo will be discussed. The relevant characteristics determining the competitiveness of an airport with respect to air cargo are identified by an extensive literature review and by interviews with industry-specialists. These characteristics can be divided into four different components: territory, air cargo marketplace, airport operations and product differentiation. Each component consists of several factors affecting airport competitiveness for cargo. This study can be used by airports to help assessing and enhancing its air cargo strategy, whereas (potential) shareholders are given an additional instrument to check whether an investment in an airport makes would be viable or not.
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Chutiphongdech, Thanavutd. "Airport Technical Efficiency and Business Model Innovations: A Case of Local and Regional Airports in Thailand." European Journal of Tourism Research 28 (March 15, 2021): 2815. http://dx.doi.org/10.54055/ejtr.v28i.1981.
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The growth in demand for air transport and budget constraints put the pressure on airport development. Therefore, airports worldwide need to finance themselves and look for better managerial tools to improve airport efficiency. Business models and business model innovations as a means of strategic management are proved to have positive impacts on performance. However, the studies relating to airport business models are scarce and lack scholarly attention, especially in the contexts of small airports. Consequently, to bridge the gap in the literature, the dissertation’s goal is to design business models and propose business model innovations using a case study of local and regional airports in Thailand.
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Stryčeková, Ivana, and Anna Tomová. "Evaluation of Effectiveness of Regional Airports in Central Europe by Data Envelope Analysis." Transport and Communications 1, no. 2 (2013): 15–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.26552/tac.c.2013.2.4.
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In the paper we evaluate economic efficiency of 20 regional airports in Central Europe (Bratislava capital airport including) within 2004 – 2010 using input oriented data envelope analysis (DEA) with constant return on scale to identify super efficiency score. The paper results contribute to airport economic benchmarking literature which is still insufficient just for airports of regional nature. Covering 12 economic inputs and outputs parameters our research revealed Bratislava airport as efficient all the period within the sample analyzed which may be subsequently used as a supportive argument when stating development strategy for Bratislava airport.
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Karpińska, Monika. "Assessment of the impact of epidemic threats on airport processes." WUT Journal of Transportation Engineering 134 (June 1, 2022): 53–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0016.1338.
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Epidemics are one of the modern threats to civil aviation. In the first half of 2020, the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (which causes COVID-19 disease) has thrown governments in many countries into a crisis of unprecedented proportions. The restrictions and limitations imposed on the movement of people, but also other effects of the outbreak, led to a significant decrease in air traffic and a crisis at airports. This paper contains an assessment of the impact of an epidemic emergency situation on airport operations, made from the point of view of international airports located in Poland. First of all, epidemic procedures at airports are briefly discussed based on the literature. Then, the author's diagram of the airport's operation processes was presented, and the critical and key processes were identified among them. In the next part of the paper, the identification of threats to the operations of the airport resulting from the epidemic threat was identified, based in particular on the Safety Information Bulletins issued by EASA in 2020 and the author's knowledge. These threats, through the BIA analysis, their impact on the previously indicated critical and key processes and on the safety and security level at the airport were determined. Conclusions resulting from the analysis, along with a proposal of directions for further activities in the scope of the discussed issues, were summarized at the end of the paper.
Books on the topic "Airports in literature"
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ill, Clements Gillian, ed. Let's build an airport. New York: Zero To Ten Ltd., 1998.
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Gallagher, Mark. "Airport Fiction: The Men of Mass-Market Literature." In Action Figures, 113–58. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781403977236_5.
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Mantzana, Vasiliki, Eftichia Georgiou, Anna Gazi, Ilias Gkotsis, Ioannis Chasiotis, and Georgios Eftychidis. "Towards a Global CIs’ Cyber-Physical Security Management and Joint Coordination Approach." In Cyber-Physical Security for Critical Infrastructures Protection, 155–70. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69781-5_11.
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AbstractCritical Infrastructures (CIs) face numerous cyber-physical threats that can affect citizens’ lives and habits, increase their feeling of insecurity, and influence the seamless services provision. During such incidents, but also in general for the security of CIs several internal and external stakeholders are involved, having different needs and requirements, trying to cooperate, respond and recover. Although CIs security management process is well analyzed in the literature there is a need to set a common ground among different CIs, thus reducing administration/coordination overhead and rendering the decision making and crisis management process more efficient. In this direction, this paper considers three different CIs (airport facilities, gas infrastructures, and hospitals); presents the current and emerging physical and cyber security related regulations and standards, operations, organisational and technical measure and; finally, through the discussion on gaps and best practices identified, proposes a global, cyber-physical security management and joint coordination approach. The proposed approach recommends among others that the adoption of a Holistic Security Operation Centre (HSOC) in each CI and a National Coordination Centre (NCC), supervising them, which will facilitate the communication and cooperation between the different CI operators and stakeholders, in case of an incident, that may have cascading effects to interconnected Infrastructures. The findings presented and the conclusions drawn are linked with three EU funded research projects (SATIE, SecureGas and SAFECARE), that aim to improve physical and cyber security of CIs in a seamless and cost-effective way.
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Narongou, Desmond, and Zhaohao Sun. "Enhancing Airport Business Services Using Big Data Analytics." In Handbook of Research on Driving Socioeconomic Development With Big Data, 104–27. IGI Global, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5959-1.ch005.
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Big data analytics has become one of the most significant frontiers in academia and one of the most successful applications in industry. Globally, big data analytics are becoming increasingly crucial for driving the business performance of enterprises on global markets. Having thriving business models for airports is crucial to enhancing a commercial airport's viability. Utilizing big data analytics and its services remains a significant challenge for airports in developing countries. This chapter uses big data-driven research as a search methodology through various literature sources including practical case studies in airport and aviation analytics and their applications to airport business process and services. With this understanding to improve airport business models and to enhance airport services, the objective of this chapter is to examine how to enhance airport business services with big data analytics.
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Fain, Stacie L. "2025." In Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1663–70. IGI Global, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9619-8.ch076.
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Several governmental entities: the Secretary of Transportation; the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, and Commerce; the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); and industry, aligned their resources to develop the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen), a new approach to safety at airports in the United States (U.S.). NextGen places the responsibility for safety within airport management and changing the FAA's role from testing, inspecting, and certifying to approval and periodic audits of the Safety Management Systems (SMS) programs at U.S. airports. The purpose of the research was to determine, through a comprehensive literature review and evaluation, whether SMS will be used as the framework for U.S. airports to move safely into the year 2025. The researcher concluded that the vision for SMS implementation was well defined and the requirements fairly clear, but guidance and support for SMS implementation at U.S. airports are lacking.
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Kumar, Anil, Manoj Kumar Dash, and Rajendra Sahu. "Performance Efficiency Measurement of Airports." In Research Anthology on Reliability and Safety in Aviation Systems, Spacecraft, and Air Transport, 748–67. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5357-2.ch028.
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This article describes how to improve the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the aviation sector and also to source extra funding, the Government of India has paved the way for private investors through to a Public Private Partnership (PPP) model since the 1980s. This liberalization step in the Indian aviation market has minimized the institutional barriers which have hindered the freedom and flexibility of air transport operations among private investors. Now, competition within the aviation sector has become fiercer; the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Indian airports are not only providing varied services, but also attracting consumers with new infrastructure and full modern facilities. The importance of this article is because after privatization, no studies have been conducted to examine the efficiency of Indian airports by using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). An output-oriented DEA model is employed to determine the efficiency score of airports by taking a sample of 15 airports, including airports run by PPP, for comparison. Output-oriented DEA calculates the efficiency by maximizing the outputs for a given level of inputs. Therefore, this article contributes to the existing literature on Indian airports. Based on available data, three variables - length of runways, terminal size and number of check-in counters, are used as inputs and two variables - passenger movement and aircraft movement, are used as outputs.
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Bajpai, Anandita. "Conclusion." In Speaking the Nation, 269–302. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199481743.003.0007.
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The Conclusion presents a review of the key findings. It draws the consistencies and the inconsistencies in the rhetoric of Prime Ministers Rao, Vajpayee, Singh and Modi. It engages in a transversal discussion of how the vocabularies of Nehru’s ‘New India’ differ from the texture of the ‘New India’ after 1991. The next section elaborates on the category of what I have called ‘Airport Literature’ (mainly because of its overwhelming presence at Indian airports). This literature celebrates India’s market liberalization and is part of the changes it seeks to glorify. The conclusion discusses how the genre of speeches speaks to this genre of literature. The last section returns to the debate of New World Orders to establish how the Indian state has attempted to recalibrate its position in the wider changing architecture of geopolitics and open markets and how the PMs as the voice of the state have attempted to legitimize their own authority as the voice of the nation.
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Baleiro, Rita. "Tourist Literature and the Architecture of Travel in Olga Tokarczuk and Patti Smith." In Global Perspectives on Literary Tourism and Film-Induced Tourism, 202–16. IGI Global, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8262-6.ch011.
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This chapter analyses two travel narratives within the scope of literature and tourism studies, aiming to explore the motivations to undertake journeying and the experience of (literary) pilgrims. The first is the novel Flights, by Olga Tokarczuk (2007), and the second is “How the Mind Works,” by Patti Smith (2017). This chapter defines the umbrella concept of “tourist literature” and takes a cross-disciplinary perspective combining the hermeneutics process with findings from the literature review on tourism studies. The analysis of Flights reveals the touring identity and experience of a pilgrim and reflections about airports, travel guides, tourists, and their syndromes. The analysis of Patti Smith's short story uncovers the touring identity and experience of a literary pilgrim who is strongly motivated to undertake literary-inspired trips towards the authors' places.
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Hirsh, Max. "What Is Airport Urbanism?" In Airport Urbanism. University of Minnesota Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.5749/minnesota/9780816696093.003.0001.
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An autobiographical introduction that provides a unique frame for studying the cross-border movement of the “semi-privileged” air travelers in Asia. The chapter argues that these passengers, and the infrastructure systems that they use, have been omitted from urban scholarship due to the methodological and conceptual limitations of the existing literature. Through an analysis of three key theoretical concerns—mobility, infrastructure, and the everyday—it outlines an alternative, humanities-based methodology based on mapping, interviews, and site analysis that is more applicable to studying urban development in a contemporary Asian context.
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Fianyi, Israel, and Tanveer A. Zia. "Biometric Technology Solutions to Countering Today's Terrorism." In Violent Extremism, 399–412. IGI Global, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7119-3.ch021.
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The purpose of this paper is to examine the relevance of biometric technologies in increasing the fight against terrorism and other related border security challenges such as identity dominance. Since the 11th September, 2001 catastrophe in USA the need for biometrics technology for identification purpose has become important. Consequently, the many ripostes that were renewed on identity management included enhanced use of biometrics to verify and authenticate travellers at various airports as well as the use of video surveillance equipped with facial recognition sensors. The growth in data and storage devices have also become a critical phenomenon in biometrics deployment, the swiftness and accuracy with which these biometrics details can be processed is a prevailing challenge. This paper provides an extensive review of literatures on prospects of biometric technologies and other interrelated technologies in the fight against terrorism. To date, there is relatively meagre academic research examining how biometric technologies enhance border security as well as individual security.
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Vu, Nam Hai, Minh Le Bui, Hai Thanh Truong, Dat Anh Le, and Ha Pham Hai Nguyen. "Current Challenges and Technological Solutions for Sustainable Aviation." In Digitalization and the Impacts of COVID-19 on the Aviation Industry, 146–61. IGI Global, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-2319-6.ch008.
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This chapter aims to discuss the relevant problems in sustainable aviation development and feature the scientists' solutions addressing these issues. The chapter highlights and discusses the relevant problems in sustainable aviation development; features the scientists' solutions addressing these issues, for instance, by using environmentally friendly aircraft engines, alternative energy sources, and materials; and discusses the likely results in the economy of this practice. The research conceptualizes and contributes to the novel literature on aviation area for supporting Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in aviation area. Since the airline shipment continuously grows and is expected to become the fastest means among other modes of transport, it certainly brings environmental problems into view such as noise pollution, discarded fuels and emissions from burning, from both airplane and airport operational activities. These have been underlying issues demanding constant effort for energy, natural, and ecological experts.
Conference papers on the topic "Airports in literature"
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Hromcová, Martina, and Anna Tomová. "The importance of scheduled air traffic for airport existence." In Práce a štúdie. University of Zilina, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.26552/pas.z.2021.2.11.
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The importance of scheduled air transport for the existence of airports is a topic that is constantly relevant, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic, which has negatively affected operations at all world airports, disrupted its regularity and thus its direct and indirect effects on the region. This work focuses on airports dependent on the operation of scheduled air transport from several perspectives. After an initial study of the available literature on the importance of scheduled air transport for the existence of airports, we defined the terms demand and supply factors of the airport influencing scheduled air transport. One of the key parts of the work is the calculation of the critical number of airport movements, which represents the break even point in the amount of production in which the airport shows no loss but also no profit. The reasons for the abolition of scheduled air services, such as the occurrence of a military conflict near the airport or insufficient research of the demand for air traffic in the area, are described in the chapter analyzing European and global airports with canceled scheduled air traffic in individual case studies. The chapter also deals with the alternative uses of airports themselves, which were forced to terminate their function for the public. Airports and their equipment are highly specialized for use in air transport operations and therefore operators and their subsequent owners often face difficulties in finding alternative uses. An essential part of this work is an analysis of the response of selected European airports to the outbreak of Covid-19 in 2020 and a comparison of the number of passengers carried at these airports in 2019 and 2020. The final chapter contains a summary of findings and the call to change transport policies in the benefit of airports and their protection from future aviation pitfalls such as the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Ramadhani, Amesta, Laksmi Devi, Dwita Sihombing, and Chrisshine Raphonita. "Future Disaster Risk Reduction Strategy Based on Land Use Prediction in a Surrounding Area of a Newly Developed Airport Infrastructure." In The 2nd International Conference on Technology for Sustainable Development. Switzerland: Trans Tech Publications Ltd, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/p-j40cjp.
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Many works of literature stated that the development of new infrastructure, including airports, could affect land-use change as well as built-up areas expansion. The conversion of undeveloped land into business, recreational, and residential sites are driven by the need for complementary facilities for airports. In the end, the development of the airport and these changes are hopefully leading to the economic development of surrounding areas. However, several areas are exposed to some hazards, including tsunamis, earthquakes, drought, and floods, which could potentially hinder economic development. When the built-up areas expand uncontrollably, those risks will also increase in the future. Therefore, this paper will seek to predict the changes in built-up areas driven by the development of a newly built airport area. The case study is conducted in the new construction of the airport, namely Yogyakarta International Airport (YIA) in Kalurahan Glagah, Kulon Progo Regency, as it officially began in 2017. After understanding future land use, this paper will try to develop strategies to minimize disaster risks. The prediction will use cellular automata modeling using the MOLUSCE plugin of QGIS. Other driving factors will also be considered in this paper, such as distance to road, distance to existing residential areas, etc. Finally, the prediction map will be overlaid with hazard maps of the Kulon Progo Regency in order to understand the exposed area. This paper hopefully could be an input to the future policies in Kulon Progo.
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Barbosa, Fábio C. "Automated People Mover Technology Review - A Mobility Tool for Large Capacity Airports and Connecting Transit Systems." In 2022 Joint Rail Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/jrc2022-78132.
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Abstract The Automated People Mover (APM) technology has been systematically used to handle increasing airport local passenger demands and for connecting transit systems, into short rides, with medium capacity vehicles (up to 300 passengers per ride), short headways (up to 60 seconds), and, hence, with a high service level. The APM technology enables the use of the decentralized passenger terminals layout, required for large capacity airports, in order to ensure its operational feasibility, through the safe integration of remote located passenger concourses, as well as assuring reasonable walking distances (up to 300m/1,000 ft) to both airport terminals (passenger boarding, transfers and connections), parking facilities and transit system connections. The APM can be classified as an advanced transportation system, which uses driverless automated, operating on fixed guideways (single or multicar trains) along an exclusive right-of-way (RoW), on steel or concrete guideways, with capacities ranging from 1,000 to 16,000 passengers per hour direction (pphd), with the ability to operate in an on demand mode, especially during off-peak hours, to minimize the energy used, as well as a ride quality comparable with the best of any transit system. The APM vehicles are electric-powered, rubber tired, steel wheeled or air cushion suspended, as well as tractioned by onboard electric motors, drawn by cables or pneumatically driven, with different guiding, switching, and control concepts, depending on the technology adopted. The APM technology was firstly implemented in the United States (U.S.), at the Tampa International Airport, in the early 70’s, followed by other systems in other U.S. and North American airports, as a tool to address the increasing walking distances, caused by the passenger terminals growing, required to accommodate the large passenger traffic. In the late 80’s and early 90’s, the APM technology was also introduced in Asia and Europe for both airports and amusement parks, while in the early 2000’s, in Latin America, for both airports and transit systems. This work presents an overview of the APM technology, in a review format, based on the available technical literature, followed by an assessment of the APM’s technical and operational features, associated with the different technologies. It also reports some case studies of the main APM systems worldwide and ongoing projects to be implemented.
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Kandawinna, N., H. Mallawaarachchi, and D. Vijerathne. "Successful delivery of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in the construction projects of Sri Lankan higher education sector." In 10th World Construction Symposium. Building Economics and Management Research Unit (BEMRU), University of Moratuwa, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.31705/wcs.2022.63.
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To gain economic advantages in the competitive world, governments tend to adopt new financing methods in construction projects. Accordingly, Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects are a popular choice mainly due to the reduction in transaction cost and innovation. PPP projects have spread from the typical use on infrastructure projects such as airports, roads, railways, ports, and water sanitation to the more recent use for projects in the higher education sector such as universities and colleges. Thus, adopting PPP for the higher education sector related construction projects in Sri Lanka is vital to consider. Accordingly, this research aims to observe the Critical Success Factors (CSF) for the successful delivery of PPP projects in the construction projects of the higher education sector in Sri Lanka. A comprehensive literature review was first conducted to identify the CSFs of PPP in higher education construction projects and 22 CSFs were identified. The survey method was used under quantitative phenomenon since this research required evaluating the identified CSFs. The identified factors were evaluated through a questionnaire survey, which was conducted among the 30 selected professionals who are aware on PPPs, such as Quantity Surveyors, Project Managers, Government Professionals, and Academic Professionals. As the key findings derived through analysis, “communication between parties”, “transparency in the procurement process”, financial capability and support”, “project technical feasibility” and “appropriate risk allocation and risk-sharing” were determined as the top five CSFs for PPP projects in the higher education sector related construction projects in Sri Lanka. Furthermore, strategies were also proposed to ensure the successful implementation of CSFs in the higher education sector in Sri Lanka.
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George, Richard, and Jingzhou (James) Yang. "A Survey for Methods of Detecting Aircraft Vortices." In ASME 2012 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2012-70632.
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Wake vortices produced by the lifting surfaces of large aircraft can have catastrophic effects on aircraft that follow too close behind. Many incidents have been blamed on wingtip vortices in the past several decades. Therefore, vortex detection is important for enhancing airport productivity by allowing adoptive spacing and for increasing the safety of all aircraft operating around the airport by alerting controllers that hazardous conditions may exist near the runways. Many methods have been developed for detecting wake vortices. However, there is a lack of a literature review to summarize all the methods and compare their advantages and drawbacks. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to review these technologies and to summarize their strengths and weaknesses. There are two main methods available in the literature: active and passive detection methods. Active detection methods include LIDAR (LIGHT Detection And Ranging), RADAR (Radio Detection and Ranging), and SODAR (Sonic Detection And Ranging). Passive detection methods include microphone systems, opto-acoustic systems, and ultrasonic detection of circulation. Although vortex detection methods are available, due to military and scientific usage, many researchers are still investigating new methods that are more effective.
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Ziakkas, Dimitrios, Konstantinos Pechlivanis, and Abner Del Cid Flores. "Artificial Intelligence (AI) implementation in the Design of Single Pilot Operations Commercial Airplanes." In Intelligent Human Systems Integration (IHSI 2023) Integrating People and Intelligent Systems. AHFE International, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1002910.
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This research aims to present, identify, and propose the implementation of AI technology in aviation decision-making, as well as examine how AI can affect the transition from multi-crew to eMCO and SiPO, based on the rationale that the single-pilot human operator having accessible data in a timely and naturally interactive fashion could enhance natural decision making (NDM) (Klein, 2008; Orasanu & Fischer, 1997).According to the industrial roadmaps, the first certification of assistance for pilots is anticipated to occur in the year 2025, and this will be followed by a gradual transition to full autonomy sometime around the year 2035. The progression of events in the field of commercial air transport can be broken down into three distinct stages:•First step: crew assistance/ augmentation (2022-2025)•Second step: human/ machine collaboration (2025-2030)•Third step: autonomous commercial air transport (2035+)There have been identified two different operational concepts:Extended Minimum-Crew Operations (eMCOs), formerly known as "Reduced Crew Operations," in which single-pilot operations are permitted during the cruise phase of the flight with a level of safety similar to that of today's two-pilot operations (to be implemented beginning in the year 2025).Single-Pilot Operations (SiPOs), in which, at a later stage, end-to-end single-pilot operations might be allowed, also based on a level of safety equivalent to today's two-pilot operations, to be implemented as of the year 2030. Single-Pilot Operations (SiPOs), in which, at a later stage, end-to-end single-pilot operations might be allowed.The proposed artificial intelligence aviation decision-making research in cockpit design and users' experience was constructed by first surveying the current literature about Artificial Intelligence (AI). The findings point to the difficulties artificial intelligence poses, including its limitations and users' resistance, in shifting from multi-crew operations to e-MCO and SiPO. This resistance to change should be considered when designing any potential upgrades to the AI cockpit design or user interactions. However, the existing commercially available AI technology may be ready to serve some low-impact or non-time-critical applications (for example, weather in destination and alternate airports update during the cruise phase) in this transitional period to eMCOs and SiPOs, which would postpone the necessity for a complete flight deck redesign at this time (Stanton & Harris, 2015). The utilization of AI for the administration of systems and the retrieval of information has the potential to improve both the perception (Level 1 SA) and comprehension (Level 2 SA) of pilots (Endsley, 1995). Therefore, the single-pilot human operator in the NDM cockpit environment who has data accessible promptly and in a naturally engaging fashion would be able to make judgments that are more fulfilling and closer to optimums in the NDM environment (Klein, 2008; Orasanu & Fischer, 1997).
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Seržantė, Milena, and Algimantas Pakalka. "HOW WAS THE SERVICE SECTOR IN LITHUANIA AFFECTED THROUGH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC?" In 12th International Scientific Conference „Business and Management 2022“. Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/bm.2022.706.
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This study aims to assess the impact of selected economic indicators (independent variables) on the turnover of food and beverage service companies in Lithuania. In order to achieve the intended goal of the study, an analysis of scientific articles was performed, with the primary aim to find out the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for the Lithuanian economy and select five independent variables that could affect the turnover of food and beverage companies. After analysing the literature, five independent variables were highlighted: the number of tourists accom-modated, the statistics of Vilnius Airport flights, the number of employees hired, the unemployment rate and inflation. The correlation and regression analysis results show that the turnover of catering and beverage enterprises and the number of accommodated tourists are strongly correlated (r > 0.90). Meanwhile, the linear correlation between the number of Vilnius Airport flights and the number of hired employees with the research variable is average (0.60 < r < 0.70). However, the linear correlation of macroeconomic factors such as unemployment and inflation with the turno-ver of food and beverage enterprises is statistically insignificant
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Sakthivel, Somansundar, Panneer Selvam Rajamanickam, and Nagan Srinivasan. "Hydrodynamic Behavior of Truss Pontoon Mobile Offshore Base Platform." In ASME 2016 35th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2016-54627.
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Very Large Floating Structures (VLFS) are highly specialized floating structures with variety of applications ranging from airport strips to floating motels offshore ports etc. Their economic design is based on their hydro-elastic behavior due to wave environmental forces. VLFS are extra large in size and mostly extra long in span and for that reason they are mostly modularized into several smaller structures and integrated. VLFSs may be classified into two broad categories, namely the semi-submersible type and the pontoon-type. The former type of VLFSs having their platform raised above the sea level and supported by columns resting on submerged pontoons and can minimize the effects of wave actions. In open sea, where the wave heights are relatively large, the semi-submersible VLFSs are preferred. On the other hand, the pontoon-type VLFS is a simple flat box structure floating on the sea surface. It is very flexible compared to other kinds of offshore structures, and so its elastic deformations are more important than their rigid body motions. The critical problem is the longitudinal bending moment of the long floating vessel in waves/current environment. Most of the present available VLFS designs are not economical for applications in hostile ocean. This paper presents hydrodynamic analysis carried out on an innovative VLFS called truss pontoon Mobile Offshore Base (MOB) platform concept proposed by Srinivasan [1]. The concept uses a strong deck with strong longitudinal beams to take care of the needed bending moment of the vessel for the survival, standby and operational conditions of the wave. At the submerged bottom just above the keel-tank top, a simple open-frame truss-structure is used instead of a heavy shell type pontoon. Thus the truss-pontoon provides the necessary flow transparency for the reduction of the wave exciting forces and consequently the heave motions and the vertical acceleration. Numerical analysis of truss pontoon MOB platform is carried out using HYDroelastic Response ANalysis (HYDRAN). Responses of the isolated scaled module in waves are obtained from these numerical tools and compared with published literature. Unconnected two modules and three modules are analysed using HYDRAN and the responses are compared with the isolated module. The proposed concept yielded lesser responses as compared to semisubmersible conventional MOB platform.
Reports on the topic "Airports in literature"
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Kelly, Luke. Threats to Civilian Aviation Since 1975. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), February 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2021.019.
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This literature review finds that the main malicious threats to civilian aviation since 1975 are attacks by terrorist groups, deliberate or accidental damage arising from conflicts, and incidents caused by people who work for airlines or airports. While the sector has responded to hijackings and bombings with increasing security since the 1970s, actors seeking to attack aircraft have modified their tactics, and new threats such as liquid explosives and cyber attacks have emerged. Civilian aviation has seen relatively fewer accidents and deaths over the years, but threats remain. The review focuses on malicious threats to civilian aviation. It, therefore, excludes weather events or accidents. The first section lists major malicious threats to civilian aviation since 1975. It includes both actual and planned events (e.g. hijackings that were prevented) that are recorded in open-source documents. Each threat is listed alongside information on its cause (e.g. terrorism, state actions, crime), the context in which it occurred (broader factors shaping the risk including geography, regime type, technology), and its impact (on passengers, policy, security, economic). The second section discusses some of the trends in threats to aviation. Motives for malicious threats include terrorism, crime, asylum-seeking, and insider attacks by aggrieved or mentally ill airline staff. Hijacking has been the most common form of threat, although bombing or suicide attacks have killed more people. Threats may also take the form of accidental attacks on civilian planes misidentified as threats in conflict zones. Experts suggest that growing threats are cyberattacks and the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, although neither has yet caused a major incident.
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Hastings, Rachel, Meghan Quinn, Andrew Bernier, and Craig Rutland. A review of airfield pavement drainage guidance. Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.), October 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/45720.
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Inadequate drainage conditions may lead to airfield pavement deterioration. A thorough review of existing pavement drainage guidance and literature was necessary to identify key drainage considerations such as surface drainage infrastructure, pavement drainage layer thickness, use of geotextiles, and performance in freeze–thaw climates. Existing airport drainage guidance is provided by the Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the Tri-Service Pavements Working Group (TSPWG). Pavement drainage guidance is buried within regulations for pavement de-sign and can, at times, be split awkwardly to accommodate pavement guidance that is split between rigid and flexible designs. Most airfield pavement guidance has been adapted from guidance for highway design. Most guidance is also strength based, with little to no attention paid to material erodibility (a potential cause of pavement deterioration). This review also found very little reference to repairing, rather than completely replacing, damaged subsurface drainage layers. Further research is needed to assess the use of geofabrics and moisture in freeze–thaw conditions on drainage layers and surface structures. With further research, the retrofit and repair of existing subpavement systems might become a more economical solution to drainage-caused pavement deterioration issues than complete reconstruction.
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Kaawa-Mafigiri, David, Megan Schmidt-Sane, and Tabitha Hrynick. Key Considerations for RCCE in the 2022 Ebola Outbreak Response in Greater Kampala, Uganda. Institute of Development Studies, November 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/sshap.2022.037.
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On 20 September 2022, an outbreak of the Sudan strain of Ebola Virus Disease – SVD – was announced as the first laboratory-confirmed patient was identified in a village in Mubende District in central Uganda. Uganda’s Ministry of Health (MoH) activated the National Task Force and developed and deployed a National Response Plan, which includes the activation of District Task Forces. The target areas include the epicentre (Mubende and Kassanda districts) and surrounding areas, as well as Masaka, Jinja and Kampala cities. This is of great concern, as Kampala is the capital city with a high population and linkages to neighbouring districts and international locations (via Entebbe Airport). It is also a serious matter given that there has been no outbreak of Ebola before in the city. This brief details how Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) activities and approaches can be adapted to reach people living in Greater Kampala to increase adoption of preventive behaviours and practices, early recognition of symptoms, care seeking and case reporting. The intended audiences include the National Task Force and District Task Forces in Kampala, Mukono, and Wakiso Districts, and other city-level RCCE practitioners and responders. The insights in this brief were collected from emergent on-the-ground observations from the current outbreak by embedded researchers, consultations with stakeholders, and a rapid review of relevant published and grey literature. This brief, requested by UNICEF Uganda, draws from the authors’ experience conducting social science research on Ebola preparedness and response in Uganda. It was written by David Kaawa-Mafigiri (Makerere University), Megan Schmidt-Sane (Institute of Development Studies (IDS)), and Tabitha Hrynick (IDS), with contributions from the MoH, UNICEF, the Center for Health, Human Rights and Development (CEHURD), the Uganda Harm Reduction Network (UHRN), Population Council and CLEAR Global/Translators without Borders. It includes some material from a SSHAP brief developed by Anthrologica and the London School of Economics. It was reviewed by the Uganda MoH, University of Waterloo, Anthrologica, IDS and the RCCE Collective Service. This brief is the responsibility of SSHAP.