Abstract The notion of co-locating alliance carriers to their designated terminals in airports has gained significant interest in recent years. While benefits on the part of airlines are made clear by existing literature on alliance-hubbing, the tangible benefits to airport operators are less clear due to a lack of studies in the literature. This paper considers existing cases of London Heathrow, Paris Charles de Gaulle and Tokyo Narita Airport, and applies their operational practices to a medium-sized airport in Asia Pacific to evaluate the universal applicability of alliance member co-location. Although some operational and financial improvements are observed, the paper concludes that implementation of this concept should not be done through a one-size-fits-all approach.

    Highlights We studied the operational and financial benefits of airline alliance terminal co-location for airport operators. London Heathrow, Paris CDG and Tokyo Narita were studied and results were applied to a case study airport. Results show that co-location can better utilise airport terminal resources in the long run for the case airport. However, there is minor loss of revenues in the short run before the freed-up capacity is filled.


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    Title :

    The impact of airline alliance terminal co-location on airport operations and terminal development


    Contributors:
    Wu, Cheng-Lung (author) / Lee, Andy (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2014-01-01


    Size :

    9 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English