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Airport governance reform: a strategic management perspective

Carney, Michael; Mew, Keith - In: Journal of Air Transport Management 9 (2003) 4, pp. 221-232

Reform of airport governance structures through corporatization, privatization and other approaches to commercialization is intended to attain a number benefits for air transport system stakeholders. While reformers often want managers to bring a commercial and strategic orientation to the...

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The commercialisation of European airports: successful strategies in a decade of turbulence?

Freathy, Paul - In: Journal of Air Transport Management 10 (2004) 3, pp. 191-197

This paper examines the different commercial activities that have been pursued by airport authorities. It maintains a number of external factors over which individual operators have no control, have prompted a series of strategies designed to increase non-aeronautical revenues. The paper first...

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Management style and airport performance in Brazil

Pacheco, Ricardo Rodrigues; Fernandes, Elton; Sequeira … - In: Journal of Air Transport Management 12 (2006) 6, pp. 324-330

The intention to privatize Brazilian public enterprises dates from 1990. As with other enterprises, a board was appointed at the Brazilian Airport Infrastructure Enterprise to prepare it for privatization. Although the enterprise remains public, there are clear signs of substantial changes in...

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Evaluating the multi-period operating efficiency of international airports using data envelopment analysis and the Malmquist productivity index

Ahn, Young-Hyo; Min, Hokey - In: Journal of Air Transport Management 39 (2014) C, pp. 12-22

For the most part, airports are publicly or semi-publicly owned and operated with fixed assets. As such, airports have been often considered little more than infrastructure providers for airlines. However, as airports have begun to offer a variety of ancillary services including passenger...

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Structured deplaning via simulation and optimization

Wald, Andrew; Harmon, Mark; Klabjan, Diego - In: Journal of Air Transport Management 36 (2014) C, pp. 101-109

Deplaning naturally occurs row by row down the length of an aircraft. Using simulation and optimization, we design deplaning strategies (e.g., deplane by group and/or column) that significantly reduce the overall unstructured deplaning time. The evaluations derived from a combination of...

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Performance evaluation for airlines including the consideration of financial ratios

Feng, Cheng-Min; Wang, Rong-Tsu - In: Journal of Air Transport Management 6 (2000) 3, pp. 133-142

Most previous studies concerning airline performance evaluation focus merely on operational performance. Financial … performance, however, which might directly influence the survival of an airline is usually ignored. The absence of financial … an airline are used to divide the total performance into three major departments of an airline: production, marketing …

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Safety climate of commercial pilots: The effect of pilot ranks and employment experiences

Gao, Yi; Bruce, Peter J.; Newman, David G.; Zhang, … - In: Journal of Air Transport Management 30 (2013) C, pp. 17-24

This study designed and conducted a survey to examine the safety climate of the flight crew of an Asia-Pacific airline … generally healthy safety climate within the airline. Statistical analyses also revealed that pilots of lower ranks and shorter …

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Bankruptcy protection and stock market behavior in the US airline industry

Gong, Stephen X.H. - In: Journal of Air Transport Management 13 (2007) 4, pp. 213-220

This study examines the effects of bankruptcy protection on the stock market behavior of US airlines and their domestic rivals. We find that Chapter 11 airlines experience both statistically and economically significant adverse price changes at the time of filing for bankruptcy. During the...

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End of the free lunch? The responses of traditional European airlines to the low-cost carrier threat

Dennis, Nigel - In: Journal of Air Transport Management 13 (2007) 5, pp. 311-321

The short-haul operations of traditional European airlines such as British Airways and Lufthansa have come under increasing pressure from the growth of low-cost carriers. This paper examines their competitive responses. These are found to include reductions in labour costs, greater use of...

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Long-haul specialization patterns in European multihub airline networks â€“ An exploratory analysis

Burghouwt, Guillaume - In: Journal of Air Transport Management 34 (2014) C, pp. 30-41

Multihub airline networks are an important phenomenon in today's air transport market. An important question is to what …

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