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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.
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Sahic, Adnan, and Džemal Cinac. "Application of ICT as a Key Element for Airport Safety and Security Operations." Science, Engineering and Technology 2, no. 2 (October 31, 2022): 7–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.54327/set2022/v2.i2.44.
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Airport risk management is a demanding task as several different areas have to be monitored including outer edges, car parks, terminals, and other passenger facilities. Information and communication technologies (ICT) are key elements for airport operation safety and security. One of the advantages of ICT based systems is they can react better and faster in real time and perform certain tasks at airports. This paper aims to present a safety overview of ICT and multi-agent systems (MAS) usage in the implementation of various airport operations. This paper aims to present a safety overview of ICT and MAS systems usage in the implementation of various airport operations. This paper summarizes a multi-agent concept that highlights their applications at airports such as passenger transfer, baggage management, aircraft handling, and field service through a detailed and extensive literature review on related topics. Much of the information on processes within the airport, processes in air traffic, and the processes of operators, i.e. airlines, is the result of monitoring work on a software development project for individual airports that serves to manage all processes in airports. The analysis led to the conclusion that safety and security in airports can be additionally improved by greater use of ICT as well as greater use of MAS, which ultimately contributes to the optimization of the airport.
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Liu, Xingjian. "Assessing airport ground access by public transport in Chinese cities." Urban Studies 57, no. 2 (April 29, 2019): 267–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042098019828178.
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This article assesses airport ground access by public transport in China. Recent literature has highlighted the economic, environmental and social significance of airport ground access. Existing studies on airport ground access have predominately centred on North America and Europe and, to date, limited attempts have been made to assess the emerging Chinese market. Studies of urban and transport geography have detailed the shifting air connectivity of Chinese cities and the economic impacts, but have paid little attention to ground access to airports. We, therefore, assess the ground accessibility to major Chinese airports based on online map services. Specifically, we characterise airport ground access across entire cities, as well as comparing time and monetary costs for travelling between airports and city centres by private car and public transport. We conclude with suggestions for future research, and call for more systematic data collection related to airport ground access.
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Tjahjono, Michelle, Enes Ünal, and Trung Hieu Tran. "The Circular Economy Transformation of Airports: An Alternative Model for Retail Waste Management." Sustainability 15, no. 4 (February 20, 2023): 3860. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su15043860.
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Airport terminals worldwide generate approximately 6 million tons of passenger waste annually. Increased awareness of climate change and global interventions for environmental sustainability requires a reassessment of airports’ current methods of waste management. This paper proposes a new design concept solution called circular airport retail waste management (CAWM) for airport terminal retail waste processing, which aims to reduce and ideally eliminate airport waste ending up in landfill or incineration. Given the need for novelty and challenging the status-quo, the double diamond design process was adopted as the research method. The research began by collating the current practices of retail waste processing in airports via a literature review and field observations. Secondly, a critical analysis of the current processes was conducted to identify the intervention points. Thirdly, a concept solution was developed based on the circular economy (CE) 9R framework. Finally, the CAWM concept was delivered to airport waste management personnel for review. CAWM offers a structured way of airport retail waste management practices, including the segregation of nonrecyclable and recyclable waste (i.e., different bin designs, color coding, harmonization of waste colors, improved instructions and signage, various bin locations, training, and installing more liquid disposal and donation stations). Airports can leverage CAWM for greater efficiency and cost-effectiveness regarding airport terminal waste processing, such that more waste can be diverted from incineration and landfill to recovery, which will subsequently help airports achieve net-zero targets. This research contributes to the extant CE literature, especially in the aviation industry context, where the academic discourse surrounding this subject and its peculiarities are limited.
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Bearth, Angela, Franziska Hofer, Tamara Stotz, and Signe Ghelfi. "Increasing the deterrence of airport security checks by managing expectations through communication: a hypothetical scenario experiment." Journal of Transportation Security 14, no. 3-4 (November 25, 2021): 275–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12198-021-00240-8.
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AbstractSelective security screenings are discussed as a potential strategy to reduce costs and waiting times at airports, while keeping security high. However, the limited literature suggests that traditional security screenings, where all passengers are screened, are perceived as more deterrent for criminal activity and more secure from passengers’ perspectives. The goal of this study was to investigate whether targeted communication on an airport’s website can counteract the detrimental effect of randomised airport security checks on deterrence. The study results confirm prior findings that people with illegal intentions prefer randomised security checks compared to traditional security checks. However, there are hints that tactical communication could be a tool to improve security at airports. All in all, the insights gathered in this study should be taken as a sign of caution, when considering switching to selective security screenings. Future directions for investigating the effect of tactical communication are discussed.
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Mokhele, Masilonyane, and Hermanus S. Geyer. "A theoretical foundation for investigating the spatial economic attributes of airport-centric developments." Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series 54, no. 54 (November 10, 2021): 21–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/bog-2021-0030.
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Abstract Among the various areas of interest on the topic of airports and the geographical distribution of land use, one pertinent theme is the spatial economic analysis of airports and their environs. However, the existing literature predominantly focuses on describing the land-use composition of airport-centric developments, without unpacking the spatial economic forces at play. This gap brings to the fore the need to employ an appropriate theoretical lens to guide the spatial economic analysis of airports and their environs. The aim of this theoretical review paper is thus to identify concepts that are relevant to the analysis of airports and their environs; and to use those concepts to systematically identify the existing theory that is most suitable for investigating the spatial economic forces that drive airport-centric developments. Against the background of globalisation, we scrutinise classical location theories, regional science, growth pole theory and new economic geography against their relational interpretations of the concepts of space, proximity, firm, scale and pattern. Given that it portrays a relational perspective of the aforesaid concepts, the paper concludes that growth pole theory is suitable as the main framework for analysing airport-centric developments. It is therefore recommended that growth pole theory be empirically used to guide the analysis of airports and their environs, and subsequently be used as the basis for developing a theoretical framework tailored for airport-centric developments.
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Pacagnella Junior, Antonio Carlos, Paulo Sodre Hollaender, Giovanni Vitale Mazzanati, and Wagner Wilson Bortoletto. "Infrastructure and Flight Consolidation Efficiency of Public and Private Brazilian International Airports: A Two-Stage DEA and Malmquist Index Approach." Journal of Advanced Transportation 2020 (August 28, 2020): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/2464869.
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Air transportation is a paramount element within the transport infrastructure of any country. In recent years, several factors have led to an increased demand in the civil aviation industry in Brazil, putting pressure on the country’s airport infrastructure, which by itself justifies industry-related efficiency studies. Although the airport efficiency analysis is widely discussed in the literature, studies aiming to compare public and private Brazilian international airports are still scarce. The main objective of this study is to comparatively analyze the efficiency of public and private Brazilian international airports. To do so, efficiency was studied under two mathematical approaches: the two-stage DEA model and the Malmquist Index. Subsequent statistical analyses show a significant difference in efficiency between government-managed airports and those under concession to the private sector.
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Bulut, Cagri, and Sefer Aydogan. "AIRPORT SERVICE QUALITY: A RECONCEPTUALIZATION AND A PRACTICAL APPLICATION ON THE NON-AERONAUTICAL SERVICES." Aviation 24, no. 4 (December 21, 2020): 182–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/aviation.2020.13290.
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In line with the advancing airway capability, the non-aeronautical business opportunities at airports are also in growth. To attract more passengers or to generate extra income over non-aeronautical services, the airport decision-makers need to evaluate the quality of their services. This study aims at introducing an expanded approach to improve airport service quality aspects of the non-aeronautical business opportunities. Given the increasing number of airports, passengers prefer airports, which provide better or extra services compared to others. To reveal the airport service quality (ASQ) aspects, together with the quality department experts, we conducted a qualitative study that put forward six significant dimensions for an effective evaluation of airport service quality at an airport. Based on the results of the qualitative study, we designed the sector-specific questionnaire, and its empirical data is conducted over 250 passengers through a face-toface survey. Survey results introduce a practical assessment tool for the use of airport managers to gather strategic inputs on their strategic plans and quality implications. Results also contribute to the literature by presenting a comprehensive understanding of the airport service quality.
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Oliveira de Souza, Gabriela, Gustavo Oliveira de Souza, Giovanna Miceli Ronzani Borille, Michelle Carvalho Galvão da Silva Pinto Bandeira, Lenice Mirian Da Silva, and Cláudio Jorge Pinto Alves. "CREATING THE SENSE OF PLACE AND ITS IMPACT ON PASSENGER PERCEPTION AT A BRAZILIAN AIRPORT." Cadernos de Arquitetura e Urbanismo 27, no. 41 (May 18, 2022): 84. http://dx.doi.org/10.5752/p.2316-1752.2020v27n41p84.
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The standardized planning of airport terminals, over the years, has made airports become a generic building, so one airport ends up not being different from another. The Sense of Place is a framework to express the local culture, which, when used in airports, connects passengers to the place where the airport is inserted, making it a unique place.
This study aims to investigate the use of airport branding as a tool to improve the passenger experience and promote the Sense of Place. This research hypothesis is “the Sense of Place creation can improve the perception of the passenger about the quality of the airport”. In addition to the literature review, a case study was conducted with the means to identify the strategies used by the Belo Horizonte International Airport/Brazil to create a sense of place.
A hypothesis test was also conducted to analyze the difference in means of passenger satisfaction rates, throughout the periods before and after the implementation, to verify how those strategies could have affected passenger satisfaction. The results suggest that the sense of place elements may indeed enhance the passenger experience in airports, improving the airport evaluation.
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Ustael, Burcu, and Berna Ulutas. "Assessing the efficiency of airports by considering health and safety issues: A pilot study for Turkey." Journal of Airline and Airport Management 12, no. 2 (December 8, 2022): 49. http://dx.doi.org/10.3926/jairm.288.
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Purpose: Airport management is influenced by several related critical decisions on financial and technical operations. Optimum utilization of resources, including assets and personnel, is critical to achieve better service quality for the passengers and an efficient airport. Due to its importance, this paper aims to assess the performance of airports based on security, safety, and possible work-related health problems by considering the uncertain and unclear number of passengers and their baggage. Design/methodology/approach: The efficiency of 30 airports in Turkey is evaluated with a basic Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model with two inputs and five outputs. Then, the model is redefined with an undesired output. High, medium, and low seasons are defined in the second DEA model to estimate the number of passenger baggage. The third model utilizes the principles of Fuzzy DEA (F-DEA) that aims to handle the uncertainty for the undesired output data.Findings: The results of three models confirm that the number and weight of baggage and consequently health and safety issues in airports should not be overlooked when optimizing airport efficiency. Utilizing the fuzzy theory has the potential to help managers to improve the operational efficiency of airports when dealing with an uncertain number of passengers and estimating the workload of baggage handlers.Research limitations/implications: No permission was given to make interviews with the ground handling personnel and gather real-life data to analyze task durations and workers’ body movements.Practical implications: Inputs, outputs, and undesired output defined in this study can be used to assess the airports in any other country.Social implications: The importance of health and safety issues for passengers, airport personnel, baggage handlers, and the residents who live close to the airports is considered.Originality/value: This study contributes to the airport performance assessment literature by considering the uncertain and dynamic data related to health and safety issues. This pioneering study, up-to-best knowledge, is the first to assess the airports in Turkey by DEA with the defined undesired output (baggage handler workload) and also utilizing the fuzzy model for the uncertain data.
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Fasone, Vincenzo, and Sandra Zapata-Aguirre. "Measuring business performance in the airport context: a critical review of literature." International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management 65, no. 8 (November 14, 2016): 1137–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijppm-06-2015-0090.
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Purpose Over 15 years have passed since the first paper was published applying data envelopment analysis (DEA) to measure airport productivity. Since then, a wave of studies has appeared refining and validating this technique as one of the most reliable in the airport context. The purpose of this paper is to conduct a critical review of this accumulated literature. Design/methodology/approach This paper presents an exhaustive review of approximately 60 peer-reviewed published papers on business performance measurement through DEA applications in the airport industry. Findings The paper analyses the research on DEA technique chronologically and by geography. Managerial and academic practitioners’ interest in conducting performance measurement studies has grown and benchmarking techniques have become more sophisticated. Research limitations/implications Despite the popularity of the methodological framework of DEA, it can be improved by further research to continue refining and exploiting deeply the basic DEA scores. Some innovations have appeared from studies using alternative approaches to DEA, e.g. a Bayesian approach. Practical implications The conclusions explore the research contribution, its final value delivered to airport management and some practical aspects and recommendations for the selected field of work. Originality/value The paper explores the contribution of research to final value delivered to airport management by describing the main complementary procedures refining DEA technique scores for improving the operational efficiencies of airports through benchmarking. As well as by presenting the results of the assessment of major determinants of efficiency at airports around the world.
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Tsui, Wai Hong Kan, David Tat Wei Tan, and Song Shi. "Impacts of airport traffic volumes on house prices of New Zealand’s major regions: A panel data approach." Urban Studies 54, no. 12 (July 26, 2016): 2800–2817. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042098016660281.
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The direction and mechanisms of the relationship between airport traffic volumes and property prices are somewhat unclear in the literature. This study adds to that body of knowledge by empirically investigating the role of airports as an essential driver of economic activity by creating employment and facilitating air travel between destinations. The two-stage least-squares (2SLS) approach is employed to investigate the link between house prices and the airport traffic volumes of New Zealand’s three key regions and airports (Auckland, Canterbury/Christchurch and Wellington) from July 2004 to December 2014. The empirical findings of the study suggest that airport traffic volumes positively and significantly influence the urban house prices of New Zealand’s three major regions.
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Keskin, Burak, and Can Deniz Köksal. "A hybrid AHP/DEA-AR model for measuring and comparing the efficiency of airports." International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management 68, no. 3 (March 4, 2019): 524–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijppm-02-2018-0043.
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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to employ an efficiency analysis and compare the efficiency scores of publicly or privately operated airports in Turkey.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses analytic hierarchy process, which is one of the widely known multi-criteria decision-making methods to calculate the relative weights of input and outputs. This study also uses data envelopment analysis and assurance region (AR) method to calculate the efficiency scores of airports at the empirical analysis stage.FindingsThe empirical results reveal that DEA-BCC and DEA-CCR methods produced almost the same efficiency scores, and 14 airports were found as efficient. Also, AR method was employed and under this method, it was only two airports operated by the private sector that were found as efficient. None of the publicly operated airports was found as efficient.Practical implicationsThe main practical implication of this study is that publicly operated airports must improve their efficiency levels in Turkey. This situation indicates that the government policy for the aviation sector must be changed. It is not a coincidence that all publicly operated airports are inefficient. To cope with this situation, it may be a useful policy that establishes a regional airport system or applies the privatization process to all airports.Originality/valueThe most significant contribution of this study to literature is that the AR method, which was never used before in a single country’s airport performance evaluation study, was applied for the first time. Also, this technique was applied first time to Turkish airports for measuring their efficiency levels.
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Li, Jing. "Research on Quality Management of Airport Service Product." BCP Business & Management 24 (August 10, 2022): 248–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.54691/bcpbm.v24i.1494.
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To attract more passengers to choose flights as the most efficient and comfortable transportation, to appeal to more retailers to increase non-aviation income, to draw more airlines to buy airport service products, more and more airports are spending more money and energy on research how to improve quality of service product. This thesis analyzed many domestic and international literature, mainly based on the PMBOK Guide of PMI, and summarized the principles which are suitable for the quality management of airport service products. Then it combined with the successful cases of airports around the world to explore methods to improve product quality for three objects: passengers, retailers, and airlines.
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Hantziagelis, Sandra, and Brenda McCabe. "Benchmarking airport reconstruction projects." Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering 33, no. 12 (December 1, 2006): 1571–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/l05-095.
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The impact of redevelopment and expansion of airport operations has not received much attention in the literature. Data were collected for 22 North American airports, 26 airport projects, and 107 individual operational years (airport years) with at least 3.5 million passengers annually. Each airport undertook at least one brownfield passenger terminal project between 1991 and 2001. The study shows that some factors, such as traffic volume, air traffic movements, and cargo, may indicate impacts of airport redevelopment. It was also found that the strategic use of space is critical to operational efficiency, especially with the full range of non-aeronautical services that can be offered at airports. The cost of space may be higher, but it tended to improve overall efficiency. Reconstruction projects that were evaluated as successful tended to show operational recovery within 2 years of construction completion; this result was consistent through a wide range of project sizes, traffic levels, and services.Key words: airport terminal reconstruction, benchmarking, reconstruction impacts, airport performance measures, data envelopment analysis.
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Marinakos, Konstantinos, and Ioulia Poulaki. "THE CONTRIBUTION OF REGIONAL AIRPORTS ON TOURISM ENTERPRISES. THE PERSPECTIVE OF TRIPOLI AIRPORT, IN GREECE." Journal of Air Transport Studies 10, no. 2 (July 1, 2019): 76–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.38008/jats.v10i2.145.
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Air transport and tourism development are considered to be two closely related concepts. According to international literature, one of the most important modes of passenger transport around the world is air transport, thus affecting the economic development of many areas, especially those isolated geographically and touristically, as well as local tourism businesses. Understanding the scale of these impacts is important not only for the development of tourism businesses and the local economy, but also for policy makers who make strategic decisions. Most studies focus on the impact of large airports on the national and regional economy, while much less attention has been given to the impact of airports on regional destinations. This study, exploring the potential of the Tripoli military airport in Greece as a civilian airport, seeks to analyse the functional relationship between small regional airports and local tourism businesses, the results of which can contribute to the financial planning and organization of a destination.
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Hasibuan, Ryan, Lina Rosmayanti, and Agus Setiawan. "Rancangan VFR Corridor Majalengka Control Zone di Perum LPPNPI Unit Pelayanan Kertajati." Langit Biru: Jurnal Ilmiah Aviasi 14, no. 01 (February 28, 2021): 20–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.54147/langitbiru.v14i01.384.
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This study aims to design VFR Corridor connecting Cakrabhuwana Airport in Cirebon with Tunggul Wulung Cilacap Airport and Cijulang Nusawairu Airport.The research method used is level one research and development with a qualitative approach and descriptive exposure. Data collection techniques in the form of interviews, literature studies, and documentation studies. Meanwhile, data processing techniques use data reduction, data presentation, and verification. Based on the data collected, it is known that the flights from Cirebon to Cilacap and Nusawiru or vice versa do not have a clear VFR Corridor to connect the three airports, while the number of traffic overflying that makes Cross Country flights to Tunggul Wulung Cilacap and Cijulang Nusawiru airports is quite large.
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Poo, Mark Ching-Pong, Zaili Yang, Delia Dimitriu, and Zhuohua Qu. "Review on Seaport and Airport Adaptation to Climate Change: A Case on Sea Level Rise and Flooding." Marine Technology Society Journal 52, no. 2 (March 1, 2018): 23–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.4031/mtsj.52.2.4.
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AbstractSeaports and airports are the critical nodes of international supply chains and thus stand on the edge of social and economic disasters. They are often affected by extreme and rough weather. Comparing all climate threats, sea level rise (SLR) and storming and flooding currently present, according to the relevant literature, the most severe impact in ports and airports. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive review of seaport and airport adaptation to climate change with a focus on SLR and flooding. We have summarized all related research papers and divided them into different types and described the trend of studies. After that, the study involves a comparison to analyze the synergy between previous studies in seaports and airports and provides insights for further studies to emphasize the needs and opportunities for the collaborative work that can complement the adaptation planning of and ensure the resilience of seaports and airports.
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Fain, Stacie L. "2025." International Journal of Aviation Systems, Operations and Training 1, no. 1 (January 2014): 9–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijasot.2014010102.
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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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Jalali Farahani, Gholamreza, Reza Hosnavi, Mohamad Hasan Ataee, Ali Ghanbary Nasab, and Mohammad Ali Ataee. "Determining and prioritizing man-made threats in critical infrastructures." Property Management 37, no. 1 (February 18, 2019): 52–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/pm-10-2016-0056.
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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to determine and prioritize man-made threats that have the probability of occurring in civilian airports, as an important part of critical infrastructures in each country.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is practical-developmental in terms of research type and its approach is descriptive. Desktop research methods and interviews (qualitative) have been used in identifying deliberate man-made threats that are faced by the civilian airports. Moreover, a questionnaire (quantitative) has been utilized to assess the civilian airports’ assets that are targets likely to be threatened and assess threats by determining and prioritizing.FindingsThe results of the paper show that the main threat faced by civilian airports is “Air and missile strikes.” An additional 15 threats endangering civilian airports that have been extracted and presented through integrating specialized literature were prioritized in the main components of civilian airports. This prioritization has been performed on the basis of the following five indicators: “Damage Severity,” “Threat Precedent,” “Target Attractiveness,” “Negative Consequences for the Enemy” and “Enemy Ability.”Originality/valueThis paper is extracted from master’s thesis that identifies and assesses the threats to civil airport, and prioritizes them, and the results were confirmed by the experts.
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Eid, Ahmed, May Salah, Mahmoud Barakat, and Matevz Obrecht. "Airport Sustainability Awareness: A Theoretical Framework." Sustainability 14, no. 19 (September 21, 2022): 11921. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su141911921.
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Recently, society has had a growing concern about the sustainability of airports in social, economic, and environmental terms and a perception that stakeholders have not adequately addressed this concern. The importance of sustainability awareness, especially in the airport sector, has recently increased as its operations increase greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption and cause other environmental issues. Hence, applying sustainable airport practices can allow airports to improve their economic and social effects and reduce their harmful environmental impact. In response to the growing concern regarding the quality of sustainability practices, this paper aims to allow researchers to investigate airport sustainability awareness (ASA) by studying the relationship between airport sustainability knowledge, attitudes, and behavior of airport sustainability practices and illustrating the gap in the literature on the related topics through a systematic review. Additionally, the study provides a bibliometric method to examine the keywords’ relation. The results focus on developing a theoretical framework to investigate ASA and reveal the need to investigate the relationship between knowledge and attitude to improve sustainable behavior for achieving sustainable development goals. This contributes to the literature gap regarding ASA. The research limitations are open issues for future researchers to promote sustainability awareness.
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Vasigh, Bijan, and Clara Vydyanath Howard. "Evaluating airport and seaport privatization: a synthesis of the effects of the forms of ownership on performance." Journal of Transport Literature 6, no. 1 (March 2012): 08–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s2238-10312012000100002.
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Assessing the effects of ownership structure on efficiency has received considerable attention in the aviation management literature. Commercialization has been widely employed both in developing and developed countries as a means of increasing operational efficiency. Since airports and seaports are operationally similar, this paper examines the literature and methods used to assess the effects of privatization in both types of infrastructure. We observe that the impact of privatization on performance depends not only on the degree of privatization but on the competition in the market. Following a 4-level specification commonly employed in the seaport literature that captures degrees of privatization, we estimate a stochastic frontier model for airport efficiency as a function of ownership. We conclude that airport authorities in the United States are equally as efficient as fully privatized airports elsewhere, due to a high degree of competition and fiscal independence from the other governmental entities. Additionally, while privatization may be an effective mechanism of introducing corporatization into infrastructures that are characterized by poor competition and direct government control, the airport authority appears to achieve the benefits of privatization in operation without actual transfer of ownership.
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Avogadro, Nicolò, Sebastian Birolini, Mattia Cattaneo, Paolo Malighetti, Chiara Morlotti, and Renato Redondi. "Yardstick Regulation in a Competitive Context? The Case of the Italian Airports." Competition and Regulation in Network Industries 21, no. 3 (July 7, 2020): 244–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1783591720936977.
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Over the past years, airport regulation has been generating a lot of interest in Europe, and despite the passing of Airport Charges Directive in 2009, there is ongoing debate on the need for introducing tighter airport regulations. The aim of the paper is twofold. First, acknowledging that regulation is usually applied in markets where competition is weak or absent, we evaluate the ex-ante need for price regulation in the air transport industry. By focusing on the Italian airport industry, our analysis provides evidence of a high level of competitive pressure faced by airports (both inside and outside the industry), suggesting that tighter price regulation may not be the optimal solution. Second, assuming that stricter regulation of the airport industry is necessary, we empirically investigate the applicability of yardstick regulation to the Italian airport system, outlining critical challenges and issues that may arise when applying benchmarking techniques in setting the optimum level of efficiency at regulated airports. According to current literature, applicability of empirical benchmarking techniques requires some basic research requirements to be met, such as high-quality data, a homogeneous production function, and a sufficient number of comparable observations. We find that both heterogeneity and the relatively small number of comparable airports, along with the complexity of gathering proper data, may compromise the applicability of a regulation scheme based on yardstick principles at the national level.
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Florido-Benítez, Lázaro. "The Role of the Top 50 US Cargo Airports and 25 Air Cargo Airlines in the Logistics of E-Commerce Companies." Logistics 7, no. 1 (February 1, 2023): 8. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/logistics7010008.
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Background: The purpose of this study is to analyse the role of the main 50 US cargo airports and 25 air cargo airlines in the logistics of e-commerce companies from 2000 to 2020, to highlight the importance of airports in the logistics and e-commerce industries. Methods: A review of the relevant literature on airports, air cargo carriers, logistics, and e-commerce sectors was undertaken to understand the link between them. The data were collected using four criteria: airport category, airport location, top 25 air cargo carriers, and other relevant data from the Federal Aviation Administration, International Air Transport Association, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, US Department of Transportation, amongst many others. Results: The findings reveal that there is a consolidated relationship between airports, air cargo airlines, and e-commerce, which has been especially evident during the COVID-19 pandemic. Airports and air cargo carriers are identified as the most relevant partners in the e-commerce industry. This is because of the e-commerce sector and its users’ demand for speed and reliability in the interaction between the demand for and supply of products and services. Conclusions: The pandemic has changed the way in which organizations operate and is likely to create new demand from companies and users in the aviation and e-commerce industries. E-commerce companies are highly dependent on the quality and efficiency of air cargo airlines and airports because they need to provide a good shipping service for their products to customers.
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Hanantyo, Burhanuddin. "The Factors Affected m-Services Adoption in Airports." JOURNAL OF INFORMATICS AND TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING 6, no. 1 (July 23, 2022): 309–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.31289/jite.v6i1.7559.
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This research focus on the factors which affected m-Services utilization in airport from airport’s functionaries point of view. Also, the background of this research is related to some former researches which defined some models that may increase the exertion of electronic mobile based service application (m-Services) such as: TAM, UTAUT, and UTAUT2. However, the former literature reviews only elucidate the factors which affect the increasing of m-Services or mobile technologies/ self service technology exertion from customer point of view. While, there are less of them apprising the factors affected m-Services adoption from airport’s functionaries point of view. The purpose of this study is fulfilling the lack in the literature review by apprising the study towards airport’s functionaries point of view. To reach the purpose of the study, this study applies literature review method. The literature review’s source of this study is originated from some international journals which discuss the factors of airport’s functionaries side. The result of this study are the Explanation of the factors affected m-Service adoption or mobile technologies/ self-services technology from airport’s functionaries point of view and the development of conceptual model related to the factors affected m-Services adoption from airport’s function perspective.
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Cerdan Chiscano, Monica. "Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and the Family Inclusive Airport Design Experience." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 13 (July 5, 2021): 7206. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18137206.
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The literature on air travellers with psychiatric disorders is limited. This perspective article highlights various travel-related aspects of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The airport experience can be stressful for families of children with autism spectrum disorder (FwASDs). The aim of this study was to explore the airport experience of FwASDs using the value co-creation process approach to assist airport managers in designing improved experiences for this specific passenger segment. This study responds to the current climate in which airports are developing awareness programmes in relation to children who require special assistance at airports. The prevalence of children with ASD is 1/68. While a number of airports throughout the world have adopted procedures addressing the needs of those with cognitive impairment, these advances are far from universal. As part of an academic–industry collaboration between Vueling airlines and the Spanish airport operator Aena, 25 FwASDs took part in an inclusive airport research project in the city of Barcelona from November 2015 to April 2016. Employing a qualitative methodology that incorporated focus groups, ethnographic techniques, and post-experience surveys, the study contributes to extending the body of knowledge on the management of the value co-creation process for challenging passenger segments within the airport context. The study explains how ensuring adequate resource allocation to this passenger segment can improve the family-inclusive design of the airport experience and offers managerial recommendations.
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Ohi, Sabrena Jahan, and Amy M. Kim. "Count Models to Represent the Impacts of Weather and Infrastructure on Flight Disruptions." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2674, no. 5 (May 2020): 510–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198120916731.
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This paper explores the application of count models to represent the relationship between flight disruptions and weather. Throughout the world, flights are regularly disrupted by delays at airports and in the terminal airspace, and less frequently by diversions and cancelations. Many delay studies have been conducted for large American and European airports, in part due to the availability of high-quality data. However, such high-quality data is not as readily available for other airports throughout the world. In this study, excess-zero count models are built using a publicly available dataset for Iqaluit Airport (YFB) in Northern Canada, to determine the influence of different weather components on disruption counts. Visibility and crosswind speeds are shown to have the largest influence on flight disruptions. The models are also applied using Aviation System Performance Metrics (ASPM) flight data for Anchorage Airport (ANC) in Alaska; the data is systematically degraded to match completeness of the Iqaluit data to test the models. The results verify that an excess-zero model using incomplete data yields results similar to that of a count model with complete data, demonstrating that an excess-zero model can overcome data incompleteness to yield acceptable results. Although count models have been applied extensively in the transportation literature, the authors believe this to be the first application to flight disruptions, and the first quantitative model of operations at a northern Canadian airport. This paper demonstrates that challenges in data availability—the case for most airports throughout the world—can be addressed with novel statistical modeling applications, and thus, delay studies can be conducted for almost any airport.
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Mello, Fabiana Peixoto de, and Dorieldo Luiz dos Prazeres. "The exploitation of public Brazilian airports under private regime: a review of government leased and permit grants." Journal of Transport Literature 7, no. 1 (January 2013): 65–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s2238-10312013000100004.
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This paper investigates the regulatory aspects of exploiting Brazilian public airports under private regime. The proposition is that the essential difference between leased and permit grants is the level of regulatory intervention by the Government, which then determines the legal regime to which the airport exploitation is predominantly subject to. The descriptive and exploratory methodology used is based on previous literature on airport exploitation. The results indicate that airports exploited predominantly under private regime, that is, those granted permits, are generally subject to a lighter regulatory intervention than those exploited under public regime, which are granted a lease, hence the level of necessary regulatory intervention is the main criterion for determining which type of grant shall be used for a certain airport. The conclusion also indicates that the level of regulatory intervention to which an airport is subject will depend on the value of use to the collectivity that its operations generate. The optimal granting policy is an ideal combination of types of grants directly related to the diversification of the airport services and the different levels of regulatory intervention that they require.
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Poulaki, Ioulia, Elen Paraskevi Paraschi, Konstantinos Marinakos, Avraam Avramopoulos, and Sevasti Makrygianni. "DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND INNOVATION IN AIRPORT SERVICES: A BENEFIT MODEL APPROACH." Journal of Air Transport Studies 12, no. 2 (July 1, 2021): 41–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.38008/jats.v12i2.171.
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Significant changes have taken place at airports due to market liberalization, airport privatization and growing competition. The growing demand and evolving expectations of passengers, require new ways of using technologies, to enhance operational processes and the whole travel experience. The digital era is transforming the aviation industry and has a significant impact on its future. The aim of this study is to assess the benefits of applying digital technologies to airports and airlines and their inseparable connection with innovative services provision to passengers, while it describes how to create a seamless end to end experience at the airport, maintaining a high level of security. Moreover, the study underlines the contribution of digital technologies to aviation industry, focusing on the organizational integration and passenger experience optimization. Reference is made to the pandemic, of COVID-19 and its impact on air travel. Primary research methodology is qualitative, with structured personal interviews, while the main findings indicated that through digital technologies and innovative services, the benefits for airports, airlines and passengers are increasing. Finally, this paper discusses a benefit model approach, based on the literature review and the research findings, that may have theoretical and practical implications.
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Tan, Xianghua, Shasha Wang, Weili Zeng, and Zhibin Quan. "A Collaborative Optimization Method of Flight Slots Considering Fairness Among Airports." Mathematical Problems in Engineering 2022 (September 10, 2022): 1–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/1418911.
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With the rapid development of civil aviation transportation, an increasing number of airport groups are formed. However, the existing literature on fairness mostly focuses on the fairness among airlines. There is no research on the realization of scheduling fairness among airports with overlapping resources in the airport group. The goal of this paper is to comprehensively consider efficiency and fairness in slot scheduling, where fairness should include both interairline and interairport fairness. Subsequently, we developed a collaborative optimization model for airport group that takes into account the above three objectives and then uses the ε-constraint method to solve it. In addition to considering the basic operational constraints of the airport, the model also sets different adjustment boundaries to achieve the scheduling priorities specified by IATA. Applying the model to the Yangtze River Delta airport group, the results show that improved flight schedules can significantly reduce flight congestion, and a relatively fair scheduling result can be obtained by weighing airlines’ fairness and airports’ fairness. The model can improve the transparency of slot scheduling decisions and can be used as an auxiliary tool to help make slot scheduling decisions.
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Keskin, Basak, and Baris Salman. "Building Information Modeling Implementation Framework for Smart Airport Life Cycle Management." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2674, no. 6 (May 18, 2020): 98–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198120917971.
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Connectivity is key in this new era of smart infrastructure. Smart airports utilize new connected technologies to improve end-user experience while ensuring operational feasibility in aeronautical and non-aeronautical segments. The increasing need for digitizing the design-build-operate life cycles of airports can be met by implementing building information modeling (BIM) that enables accessing, managing, utilizing, and connecting physical and operational data in a digital collaborative environment. This study investigates the current state of practice in airport BIM (ABIM) and the use of ABIM processes in digital airport operations and maintenance by connecting existing data sources and integrating smart airport systems. The study proposes a comprehensive and adaptive ABIM management framework that depicts the alignment and connectivity of ABIM processes, resources and stakeholders with airport operational requirements by identifying gaps in the industry and literature, and developing a global understanding in ABIM visions. Research data are collected through literature and industry review, online surveys, and semi-structured interviews with aviation professionals. Mixed methods including non-parametric statistical analysis and qualitative analysis are used to determine the elements of the framework. Model-based systems engineering (MBSE) principles and language are used to generate the framework. For framework validation, a proof of concept (POC) is conducted by development and deployment of a web-based application. The developed ABIM framework is expected to guide major airport stakeholders in their BIM implementation processes to enhance airport operational efficiencies and in strategizing digital initiatives on a connected-BIM platform.
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Sauter-Servaes, Thomas, Thomas Krautscheid, and Alexander Schober. "A Level Playing Field for Comparing Air and Rail Travel Times." Open Transportation Journal 13, no. 1 (May 31, 2019): 48–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874447801913010048.
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Background: Shifting travellers from air to rail can reduce environmental impacts and is an important European Union goal. Online travel planning applications allow travellers to easily compare air and rail transport choices, however, they may not accurately consider time travellers spend at the airport or railway station since these depend on buffer times travellers use to protect against delays. Methods: This research investigated the actual time spent at airports and railway stations to analyse the accuracy of travel planning applications and help improve the quality of travel time estimates.The research used a travel time recording application to determine the time spent by passengers at airports and railway stations. Data was collected for 312 trips. The research was supplemented by an extensive literature review of dwell times and multimodal travel planning applications. Results: The research found that travellers spent an average of 157 minutes at airports and 32 minutes at railway stations. Comparing these results to travel planning application, the information shows that the applications significantly underestimate time spent at airports and slightly underestimate time spent at railway stations.The use of unrealistic airport waiting times in travel planning applications distorts traveller perception in favour of air travel. Conclusion: Therefore, railway operators should support the development of improved travel planning applications that better consider waiting times. Improving these applications would be much more cost effective than infrastructure improvements designed to save a few minutes of travel time.
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Rapee, Pongpanich, and Ke Chung Peng. "Measuring Efficiency of Main Airports in Thailand by an Integrated DEA-AHP Method." Advanced Materials Research 1030-1032 (September 2014): 2203–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.1030-1032.2203.
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The competitive environment of the global air transport industry are challenging in this era. The relative efficiency of airports has been one of the important topics in this industry. This paper has investigated a review of the literature on the efficiency of global airport to obtain input and output variables along with queries to experts. This paper proposes a method that integrates Data envelopment analysis (DEA) and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to evaluate the efficiency in Decision Making Units (DMUs). DEA is used to measure the efficiency by employing linear programming to generate efficiency weights to the symmetric metric. Meanwhile AHP can be used to calculate the weight and rank efficiency of DMUs. The main objective of this study proposes a DEA model is to examine the relative efficiency of Main Airports in Thailand. This information can be used to help stakeholders understand the problem and opportunities of airport operation.
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Henke, Ilaria, Mauro Esposito, Valentina della Corte, Giovanna del Gaudio, and Francesca Pagliara. "Airport Efficiency Analysis in Europe Including User Satisfaction: A Non-Parametric Analysis with DEA Approach." Sustainability 14, no. 1 (December 28, 2021): 283. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14010283.
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In recent years, the air transport sector has played a significant role in the economy of the areas served. The demand for air travel has doubled every fifteen years and has grown faster with respect to other industries. This is also due to the introduction of low-cost airlines (LCA). In the coming decades, more efficient management of airports will become an essential aspect to address. A clear understanding of the current airport structure based on the analysis of the operational efficiency will therefore be necessary. All air carriers seek to expand their operations at airports, which tend to operate efficiently in order to reduce costs. However, in carrying out their activities and maximizing operational efficiency, airports should simultaneously manage to increase their passengers’ satisfaction. All over the world, passengers are demanding higher levels of service and regulators are paying increasing attention to the provision of airport services and the quality of the services supplied. Starting from these considerations, the aim of this paper is to study the efficiency of an airport through joint analysis of the operational efficiency (with the Data Envelopment Analysis -DEA-model) for the airport manager (by maximizing the exploitation of existing infrastructures), taking into consideration the quality of airport services as perceived by the user. The original and added value of this work lies in the quantitative analysis of the main characteristics that determine the efficiency of main European airports, also taking into account the quality perceived by the users during their trips with the air mode. Thus, the efficiency of 103 European airports in 37 different countries, for the year 2018, were compared, highlighting the effect of low-cost airlines. This aspect, as far as the authors know, has not been treated in the literature. Indeed, this study represents a decision support system (DSS) tool for operational managers in the air sector for the identification of the characteristics that improve airport efficiency. This paper refers to the pre-COVID-19 period because it would not be useful to make an efficiency analysis influenced by the pandemic, since the latter represents a specific event. Therefore, this analysis provides interesting inputs for both researchers and practitioners to manage the issue of efficiency in ordinary contexts. Moreover, the airline industry is characterized by cut-throat competition, and it may be very useful in the close future to examine this issue to improve firms’ management in the industry.
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Mancinelli, Enrico, Francesco Canestrari, Andrea Graziani, Umberto Rizza, and Giorgio Passerini. "Sustainable Performances of Small to Medium-Sized Airports in the Adriatic Region." Sustainability 13, no. 23 (November 27, 2021): 13156. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su132313156.
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The aim of the present paper is to evaluate the greenhouse gas savings and economic benefits associated with sustainable water and energy management at six small-to-medium airports in the Adriatic region. All the data were provided by the airport authorities in terms of the consumption of water, electricity, and energy for heating and company-operated vehicles for three years (2016–2018), as well as information about good practices and the sustainable use of water and energy resources. For the water and energy benchmarks, the most plausible predictive variables were selected according to the literature relevant to the environmental benchmarking of airports. The stepwise linear regression method was used to select the most significant predictive variables in explaining the dataset. The airports showed positive steps towards sustainability, such as a higher share of natural gas in the mix of fuel used for heating, and a green electricity tariff. The CO2 emissions and budget related to motor fuels were less than a quarter of the emissions and budget for energy consumption for heating and electricity. To achieve the goal of zero-emission airports, the decarbonisation of motor fuels and transport should follow the actions aimed at increasing energy efficiency and clean energy for heating and electricity.
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Appold, Stephen J., and John D. Kasarda. "Seeding growth at airports and airport cities: Insights from the two-sided market literature." Research in Transportation Business & Management 1, no. 1 (August 2011): 91–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2011.06.011.
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Choi, Sunkyung, and Shinya Hanaoka. "Diagramming development for a base camp and staging area in a humanitarian logistics base airport." Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management 7, no. 2 (August 7, 2017): 152–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jhlscm-12-2016-0044.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a method for diagramming a base camp or space for emergency workers and a staging area to be used during sorting, storing, loading, and unloading of relief goods in a humanitarian logistics base airport. Design/methodology/approach A method is developed based on a synthesis of the relevant literature and current practices of airports. This provides a means for estimating the area required for each facility and visualizes the layout of the base through an adjacency diagram and a bubble diagram. The method is applied to the Shizuoka Airport in Japan as a case study. Findings The proposed method can be used to determine the approximate size and layout of a humanitarian logistics base in an airport based on the affected population and the number of emergency workers. Research limitations/implications Airport operation regulations and mathematical models from architectural planning need to be reflected further. Practical implications The method provides potential operational improvements for policies and standards for airport operations and enables government officials and humanitarian logistics organizations to identify concerns in facilitating and managing constraints in existing airports. Originality/value This study addresses the detailed phases in a diagramming for a humanitarian logistics base airport by integrating an architectural approach and airport disaster management. The results highlight the importance of managing the flexible use of space to improve effective humanitarian logistics.
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Smahel, Thomas. "Airport Features Most Likely to Affect International Traveler Satisfaction." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2626, no. 1 (January 2017): 34–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/2626-05.
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The number of international travelers traveling through U.S. airports is increasing because of the proliferation of longer-range aircraft, expanding global alliances, and a growing middle class from developing nations. Each international airport has a unique design, and many international travelers experience difficulty finding their way in unfamiliar airports. The wayfinding task is made more difficult when combined with other factors such as traveler anxiety, jet lag, and unfamiliarity with the local language and culture. To understand better the challenges faced by international travelers, a literature review, a human factors task analysis, and an international traveler intercept survey were carried out to determine traveler needs, expectations, and key factors that affect traveler satisfaction with an airport. Four traveler surveys were developed and administered to different traveler groups. Surveys were administered at the eight U.S. gateway airports with the most international travelers. Some key findings were as follows: ( a) all traveler groups identified easy wayfinding as being the most important airport feature, with travelers transferring between two flights rating it highest; ( b) in comparison to other traveler groups, arriving travelers rated short walking distance as being much more important than other features; ( c) travelers making a connection between two international flights did not expect that they would need to collect and recheck their bags while in transit; ( d) travelers making a connection between two international flights had the lowest overall satisfaction as compared with the other traveler groups; and ( e) only one-third of travelers making a connection between two international flights had a positive experience with the walking distance between flights.
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Cheng, Lin, Vikas Reddy, Clinton Fookes, and Prasad K. D. V. Yarlagadda. "Agent-Based Modelling Simulation Case Study: Assessment of Airport Check-In and Evacuation Process by Considering Group Travel Behaviour of Air Passengers." Applied Mechanics and Materials 568-570 (June 2014): 1859–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.568-570.1859.
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Passenger experience has become a major factor that influences the success of an airport. In this context, passenger flow simulation has been used in designing and managing airports. However, most passenger flow simulations failed to consider the group dynamics when developing passenger flow models. In this paper, an agent-based model is presented to simulate passenger behaviour at the airport check-in and evacuation process. The simulation results show that the passenger behaviour can have significant influences on the performance and utilisation of services in airport terminals. The model was created using AnyLogic software and its parameters were initialised using recent research data published in the literature.
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Mihai, Ţichindelean, Mihaiu Diana Marieta, Opreana Alin, and Tileaga Cosmin. "Estimating the Demand for New Destinations for a Regional Airport Based on Its Catchment Area." Studies in Business and Economics 15, no. 2 (August 1, 2020): 230–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/sbe-2020-0037.
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AbstractEstimating accurately demand both at market and company level for specific goods and services can be considered a necessity for every organization. Traditional demand estimation methods may not be relevant for estimating the demand for new destinations to be introduced by a regional airport. The present paper proposes to fill this gap and to develop the demand estimation literature by presenting a novel demand estimation method. Two research objectives are developed in this regard: (1) determining the catchment area of Sibiu International Airport (a regional airport in Romania) for destinations operated by competitor airports and not by Sibiu International Airport and (2) estimating the demand for new destinations based on the identified catchment area.
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Bulley, Dan, and Heather L. Johnson. "Ethics at the airport border: Flowing, dwelling and atomising." Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 36, no. 2 (December 25, 2017): 217–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0263775817747728.
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This article contributes to the burgeoning literature on airports, addressing a current gap between literature that focuses on the cosmopolitical experience of the airport and that which focuses on the potentially dehumanising impacts of a technologized, securitised border by investigating the ethos of the space. We do not present an account of how the airport ought to work; rather, we consider what ethical relations and subjectivities are constructed, encouraged and made (im)possible in the airport space. We argue that the airport border assembles a variety of commercial, security and spatial technologies in areas of both ‘flow’ and ‘dwell’ which generate and privilege a particular type of ethical subject – the temporarily suspended, atomised individual. We begin with an understanding of space as produced through plurality and movement, and analyse how atomisation is produced and sustained before reflecting on the potentially dangerous implications of such processes.