Air Demand Modelling: Overview and Application to a Developing Regional Airport

This paper will describe how air demand forecasting at airports is an important problem for airport management and also for the regulator that has to plan a homogeneous development of the overall transport system. The current tendency is toward airport privatization; then, the goal to increase the served demand is one of the most important. The evolution of the air transport system both in terms of low-cost companies, that generally use regional airports, and new technologies (as regional jests) has given a further impulse to the development of planning methodologies that are able to support decisions for an efficient distribution of resources. Regional airports can play an important role in this new background if the most suitable developing strategies are identified. This chapter gives a general overview of the problem of air demand modeling, both in terms of theoretical approaches and practical problems. Models are classified with respect to different criteria, and the most suitable models for each planning level are also identified. An application to a regional airport in Southern Italy is also presented in order to test some of the described approaches and to obtain practical indications about applied models and developing strategies to be used.

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  WIT Press

  Ashurst Lodge
  Ashurst, Southampton  United Kingdom  SO40 7AA
• Authors:
  • Postorino, M N
• Publication Date: 2010

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 77-108
• Monograph Title: Development of Regional Airports: Theoretical Analyses and Case Studies

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air travel; Airport operations; Forecasting; Privatization; Regional airlines; Regional planning; Time series; Travel demand
• Uncontrolled Terms: Random utility models
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01158742
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9781845641436
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 11 2010 12:05PM