WAREHOUSE LOCATION PROBLEMS FOR AIR FREIGHT FORWARDERS: A CHALLENGE CREATED BY THE AIRPORT RELOCATION

The move of Hong Kong International Airport from the city center to a suburban area in July 1998 provided sufficient capacity to meet the increasing demand of passenger and air-cargo flows in Hong Kong in the foreseeable future. However, the move has adverse side effects such as causing the readjustment of many existing systems and creating many imminent strategic problems. One of such problems is the warehouse location of freight forwarders: they have to decide whether they should locate their warehouses in the new airport, in current locations, or in new locations somewhere in the city. This paper delineates the results of a survey conducted in the summer of 1997 before the airport was relocated. They survey asked what decisions the freight forwarders had made and how they evaluated some potential warehouse locations. The paper also considers two mathematical models, which explain and predict, respectively, the location pattern of freight forwarder warehouses before and after the relocation of the airport.

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• Authors:
  • Wan, Y-W
  • Cheung, R K
  • Liu, J
  • Tong, J H
• Publication Date: 1998-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 201-207
• Serial:
  • Journal of Air Transport Management
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0969-6997
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09696997

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air cargo; Airports; Demand; Freight forwarders; Passengers; Relocation (Facilities); Warehouses
• Geographic Terms: Hong Kong (China)
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Freight Transportation; Passenger Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00792804
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 23 2000 12:00AM