Airports play a pivotal role in the European transport ecosystem, acting as key nodes that seamlessly connect air travel with other modes of transport, such as rail. In an increasingly interconnected and a more environmentally responsible world, ensuring smooth and efficient transitions between...

This pilot study investigates the contributions of an airport service provider from Romania specializing in ground handling, operations, and passenger services towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Recognizing the critical role of service providers in the...

In a highly competitive market and global economy, innovation is often recognised as the pinnacle of success and one of the most critical components. Entrepreneurial orientation has been recognised as an effective development strategy to advance innovation performance. Nevertheless, innovation...

Purpose This research article examines event marketing in the airport business, specifically how an airport leverages event portfolios to develop its businesses by marketing itself as a destination, improving the user experience and generating revenue outside of aviation-related activities....

This paper addresses the scheduling of turnaround operations for flights in civil airports. A series of complex issues, including the heterogeneity of flights and operators, resource constraints on turnaround operations, temporal restrictions and alternative service patterns of turnaround...

Abstract This chapter discusses the importance of airport business portfolios in the digitalisation of aeronautical and non-aeronautical activities, particularly in this economy uncertainly period. Airports are in a transitional period of digitalisation, decarbonation and new business...

Abstract The airport operators' management is a complex process, especially in terms of airport cost and revenue factors, because it requires a basic understanding of economics, marketing, logistics, the current legal framework of the airport according to national and international bodies and...

This study examined the effect of airport operators’ passenger service facility charge (PSFC) on airport and airline firms’ revenues, using demand and airfare functions estimated from Japanese data. In particular, it explored the relationship between PSFC and elasticity of airline routes,...

Airport expansion must be wrestled from government’s hands, argues new reportSummary:Opposition to air travel has never been about carbon emissions alone. Papers that criticise air travel often begin with a discussion of environmental impacts, but then quickly morph into an aesthetic critique...

This book offers new insights into the theory and practice of economic airport regulation. In light of recent developments in aviation markets and policy, and the debate on airport regulation and benchmarking, it offers case studies on various aspects of economic regulation of city and regional...

"This book provides a comprehensive guide to the economics of airports for all managers, regulators and educators within the aviation industry. Written by three renowned experts but made accessible and relevant for all those working within the industry, or aspiring to do so, it is the perfect...

The purpose of this paper is to question the need for a special regulatory framework for European airports in the light of recent developments in the relationship between airlines and airports; to argue that the airport business should now be treated like most other industries and be subject...

Purpose This paper aims to answer the following question: Is PPP a financially viable alternative for the management of regional airports in Brazil? Design/methodology/approach The methodology is based on the case study of the innovative model of Zona da Mata Regional Airport management. It was...