Estimating the Costs of Airport Congestion Due to Fast Connections

Short-term airport congestion due to service peaks causes transitory peaks in demand for customer services and ground-handling processes. Efforts to maximize flight-specific revenues have been mitigated by the recognition of the excessive burden to the service processes caused by these busy periods. The costs of peak periods for one mid-size European airline at its main airport are examined. The case company can cut the costs of ground-handling processes by 30% by applying slightly different timetabling principles. In fact, by adjusting only a few flights during the morning rush hour the company could save up to a million euros annually. These results show the importance of estimating the total economic effects of service peaks also to the authorities and the providers of airport services. In future research, the revenue impacts of despoking should be considered in addition to total process costs.

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  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VGP-4NHD94C-1/2/9e92f86ae665d2aad8d27ed2517cfed4
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Kemppainen, Katariina
  • Nieminen, Jaakko
  • Vepsalainen, Ari P J
• Publication Date: 2007-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 171-174
• Serial:
  • Journal of Air Transport Management
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0969-6997
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09696997

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airlines; Airport operations; Airports; Cost effectiveness; Costs; Economic impacts; Flight; Peak periods; Scheduling
• Candidate Terms: Airport congestion
• Uncontrolled Terms: Flight connections
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Economics; Finance; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01055154
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 23 2007 10:40AM