Investments decisions for airport capacity expansion are usually taken, either when demand exceeds the current capacity and the airport is working under congestion, or when current demand is expected to overcome current capacity sometime in the near future. In any case, decisions are taken...

The standard procedures for sizing the spaces for passenger activities in airport terminals are unsatisfactory in that they easily lead to expensive errors. The essential difficulty lies in the nature of the process, and in particular with the several formulas which specify the area per...

This paper describes a life cycle model for performing level-playing field comparisons of the emissions, costs, and energy efficiency trade-offs of alternative fuel vehicles (AFV) through the fuel production chain and over a vehicle lifetime. The model is an improvement over previous models...

This paper proposes a dynamic strategy for developing the multi-airport systems needed for large metropolitan regions. It is based upon two fundamental factors: the pattern of concentration of airline traffic at specific airports, impelled by the dynamics of the competition amongst airlines and...

Transmission investments are currently needed to meet an increasing electricity demand while enhancing security of supply, promoting competition, and integrating renewable energy. A key issue when assessing the benefits from an expanded grid concerns the valuation of the uncertain cash flows...

This article discusses the fundamental design difficulties of the fully automated baggage system originally planned for the New Denver Airport, and their implications for airport and airline management. Theory, industrial experience, and the reality at Denver emphasize the difficulty of...

<title>A<sc>bstract</sc> </title> Airport planning is shifting from the traditional pattern -- driven by long-term point forecasts, high standards, and established clients -- to that of recognizing great forecast uncertainty, many standards and changeable clients. This is a consequence of economic deregulation of...

This paper assesses the impact of Canada’s air transportation policy on air accessibility of remote and arctic communities in a context of liberalization of the aviation industry. The central objective is to examine policy’s impact on essential air service – travel and...