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    Highlights Airport demand management involves operational, managerial and economic challenges. We review the Operations Research/Management Science and Economics literatures. OR/MS quantifies flight delays and optimizes congestion-mitigating flight schedules. Economics shows the impact of airline market structure on demand management. We propose an integrated framework to outline cross-disciplinary research questions.

    Abstract Airport demand management aims to mitigate air traffic congestion by limiting the imbalances between demand and capacity at busy airports through administrative measures (e.g., slot controls) or economic incentives (e.g., congestion pricing, slot auctions). This paper provides an integrated synthesis of the contributions of the fields of operations research/management science (OR/MS) and economics on the subject matter. From an operating standpoint, assessing the benefits of demand management requires estimates of airport capacity and models of airport on-time performance. From a managerial standpoint, the design of demand management mechanisms can be supported by decision-making models of flight scheduling. From an economic standpoint, the welfare impact of congestion pricing, slot controls and slot auctions depends on the market structure at the airport. This paper proposes an integrated framework that underscores the interdependencies between these operating, managerial and economic aspects to foster cross-disciplinary approaches toward more effective demand management policies at busy airports worldwide.


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    Title :

    Airport demand management: The operations research and economics perspectives and potential synergies


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2016-10-16


    Size :

    19 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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