Regional Airports

149 Pages·2011·1.64 MB·English

by  M. N. Postorino

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University of Reggio Clabria, Italy
M. Nadia Postorino
University of Reggio Clabria, Italy
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CONTENTS
Preface.............................................................................................................................................vii
Editorial.............................................................................................................................................1
Exploring multi-criteria decision analysis method as a tool to choose regional airport
hubs within Africa
B. SSAMULA...................................................................................................................................3
Airport–airline relationships: opportunities for Italian regional airports
S. CEPOLINA & G. PROFUMO ....................................................................................................19
Potential demand for new high speed rail services in high dense air transport corridors
C. ROMÁN & J.C. MARTÍN..........................................................................................................35
Regional airports and the accessibility of mountain areas: networks, importance and
contribution to development
X. BERNIER...................................................................................................................................51
Analysis of the regional air passenger transport system in Brazil: some aspects of its
evolution and diagnosis
S.C. RIBEIRO, C.C.L. FRAGA & M.P.S. SANTOS......................................................................63
Regional airports’ environmental management key messages from the evaluation of
ten European airports
D.J. DIMITRIOU & A.J. VOSKAKI..............................................................................................73
Sustainable logistics platform in a regional Brazilian airport
O.F. LIMA Jr, E.W. RUTKOWSKI, C.C. de CARVALHO & J.C.F. LIMA ..................................87
Regional airport: study on economic and social profitability
S. AMOROSO & L. CARUSO.......................................................................................................99
Assessment of air pollution from Tehran-Mehrabad airport, Iran
G. BADALIANS GHOLIKANDI, M. LASHKARI, H.R. ORUMIEH, H.R. TASHAOUIE
& S. HADDADI............................................................................................................................109
Environmental effects of airport nodes: a methodological approach
M.N. POSTORINO.......................................................................................................................117
Architectural design standards for Muslims prayer facilities in airports
A. MOKHTAR..............................................................................................................................131
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PREFACE
Regional Airports have become increasingly important elements of the air network system, both as
feeders of hub-and-spoke services and as origins or destination of point-to-point services.
Congestion at the main hubs and increasing demand for air transportation - both for passengers
and freight services – necessitates revaluation of the overall air systems, with regional airports taking
an ever expanding role. Optimisation of air transportation systems within the framework of other
forms of transport plays an important part in the present quest for sustainability. Congestion nowa-
days is not only associated with countries such as the USA and those in the EU, but also a variety of
other countries with fast developing economies where there is a strong increase in air transportation
demand.
The revolution of the existing airport system, including regional airports requires the developing
of new optimisation tools which can simulate the whole process and produce optimal solutions.
These models are also essential to predict future demands and, in particular the role that regional
airports will play.
The siting of new airports involves taking into consideration a variety of environmental, ecologi-
cal, social and economic factors which transcend the problem of transportation resources optimisation
itself. Regional Airports can be a powerful driving force behind the development of an area and
conversely can result in major problems if they are wrongly sited.
Carlos A. Brebbia
Director
Wessex Institute of Technology
The New Forest, 2011
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EDITORIAL
The papers selected for this book are extended versions of those presented at an International Seminar
on Regional Airports organized by the Wessex Institute of Technology (UK) and the University of
Reggio Calabria (Italy). The idea of convening a meeting on Regional Airports was prompted by the
need to review the specific policies set up to promote their development in different countries.
What is the role of regional airports in the current air transport framework? The answer is not
simple and requires looking at the extraordinary growth of air transport all over the world during the
past few decades. Air t ransport is faster than other transport modes, capable of transporting passengers
and goods to the most remote countries. It can also be an engine to promote the economic development
of a region. Airline deregulation started first in the USA, followed by the EU and afterwards in other
countries, has further facilitated the growth of air traffic. Air transport has become accessible to more
people thanks to increased frequencies and lower fares partly resulting from competition among
airlines.
The next step, ie airport deregulation, is expected to produce still more benefits to all the main
stakeholders, ie airlines, passengers and airports themselves. This remarkable growth has also had
some negative effects over the years such as high congestion levels both at attractive airports and
along routes that, in turn, mean poor air service performances; increased environmental impacts
(noise and atmospheric pollution), mainly due to the larger numberof flights rather than to the
technological characteristics of aircraft which have become much more efficient in terms of fuel
consumption and pollutant emissions. Those environmental impacts contribute at world level to the
overall greenhouse effect while at the local level they can reduce the quality of life for communities
located in the airport neighborhood.
Regional airports have an important role to play in the air network and can contribute to finding
sustainable transport systems. They help, for instance, to spread air traffic thus avoiding high
congestion levels along a small number of routes or at hub nodes. Past experiences can help the
development of better regional airports by taking into account apriori the effects of air traffic on the
environment and on the surrounding communities. Recent EU rules, for instance, place important
constraints in terms of acoustic pollution at an airport. The EU also encourages studies to estimate
the airport carbon footprint at local scale. This publication collects papers dealing with regional
airport topics such as environmental impacts and their evaluation, airport economics and location,
airport network configuration, travelerair choices and regulatory tendencies, but also social and cultural
aspects not always discussed in the literature. Regional airports can improve the air transport system
and if properly sited can be a powerful engine for the development of an area.
M Nadia
PostorinoUniversity of Reggio Calabria, Italy