Topics explored by the papers include the effect of market entry by Southwest Airlines on market fares; mammal incidents with civil aircraft; the potential benefits of and alternatives to the continuous descent approach in normal conditions; dispersion modeling of lead emissions from piston engine aircraft; and depeaking schedules. This issue of the TRR also examines conflict alerts on airport surfaces enabled by automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast; security checkpoint wait times; social media and airports; setting service expectations in air traffic flow management; and resource allocation when airspace capacity is reduced. The Graduate Research Award Program on Public-Sector Aviation Issues is managed by TRBs Airport Cooperative Research Program and sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration. The program is designed to encourage applied research on airport and related aviation system issues and to foster the next generation of aviation community leaders.
Public-Sector Aviation: Graduate Research Award Papers, 2011-2012. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2325
2013
114 pages
Report
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Air Transportation , Transportation & Traffic Planning , Transportation , Aviation , Public transportation , Transportation research , Airline industry , Prices , Air transportation , Competition , Air traffic control , Risk , Traffic congestion , Airports , Government policies , Pilots , Certification , Regulations , Case studies