Volatility of Airport Traffic and Its Composition Requires Flexibility of Airport Strategies and Planning Processes New Book Explores This Dilemma.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c50438) has announced the addition of Airline Network Development in Europe and its Implications for Airport Planning to their offering. The ongoing deregulation Deregulation The reduction or elimination of government power in a particular industry, usually enacted to create more competition within the industry. Notes: Traditional areas that have been deregulated are the telephone and airline industries. and liberalization lib·er·al·ize v. lib·er·al·ized, lib·er·al·iz·ing, lib·er·al·iz·es v.tr. To make liberal or more liberal: "Our standards of private conduct have been greatly liberalized . . . of worldwide air transport markets confronts airport planners with an increasingly problematic context. On the one hand, the capital intensive, large-scale and complex airport investments need a detailed, long/medium-term planning of airport infrastructure. Such planning requires at least predictable traffic volumes (and traffic composition) within the planning horizon Planning horizon The length of time a model or investor or plan projects into the future. . On the other hand, airline route networks are increasingly dynamic structures that frequently show discontinuous discontinuous /dis·con·tin·u·ous/ (dis?kon-tin´u-us) 1. interrupted; intermittent; marked by breaks. 2. discrete; separate. 3. lacking logical order or coherence. changes. As a consequence, the much more volatile airport traffic restricts the value of detailed traffic forecasts. Volatility of airport traffic and its composition requires flexibility of airport strategies and planning processes. The book explores this dilemma through a detailed study of airline network development, airport connectivity and airport planning in the deregulated EU air transport market. The questions the book seeks to answer are: - How have airlines responded to the regime changes in EU aviation with respect to the configuration of their route networks? - What has been the impact of the reconfiguration of airline network configurations for the connectivity of EU airports? - How can airport planners and airport authorities An airport authority is an independent entity charged with the operation and oversight of an airport (or group of airports). These authorities are often governed by a group of airport commissioners, who are appointed to lead the authority by a government official. deal with the increasingly uncertain airline network behaviour in Europe? About the Author/Editor Guillaume Burghouwt is a researcher at Amsterdam Aviation Economics, the air transport research cluster of SEO (Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine Optimizer) See search engine optimization. Economic Research, and academic director of Airneth, the worldwide scientific network on aviation research and policy. His key expertise concerns airline network development, connectivity studies, scenario analyses and airport planning issues. He has been engaged in many research and consultancy projects on air transport and has organized various international conferences and seminars on air transport policy and research. Between 2000 and 2005 he worked as a researcher and lecturer at the Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University The university's motto is "Sol Iustitiae Illustra Nos", which means "Sun of Justice, shine upon us". Utrecht University is led by the University Board, consisting of Yvonne van Rooy (president), prof.dr. Willem Hendrik Gispen (rector magnificus) and Hans Amman. , The Netherlands. In February 2005 he completed his PhD research on airline network development and airport planning. Content Outline: Preface Introduction Air transport networks The spatial configuration of airline networks in Europe The temporal configuration of airline networks in Europe Intermezzo intermezzo (ĭntərmĕt`sō, –mĕd`zō). 1 Any theatrical entertainment of a light nature performed between the divisions of a longer, more serious work. 2 In the 17th and 18th cent. : the spatial-temporal configuration of airline networks Airline cases The impact of airline network configurations on the EU airport hierarchy Airport planning in a free market regime Flexible strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. : the case of Amsterdam airport Schiphol Conclusions Annex 1: Definitions of the hub-and-spoke network Annex 2: Freedoms of the air Annex 3: Airline classification Annex 4: List of respondents and informants Annex 5: Classification of world regions Annex 6: Summary of the EU packages of deregulation measures References Index For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c50438 |
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