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    Report on capacity of airport infrastructure
    (Commission of the European Union Directorate-General for Transport DG VII-A4, 1999-03) ;
    This report examines the current capacity of the EU’s airport infrastructure and highlights in a general way the main factors determining that capacity. In the report, the nature and the role of airport services are detailed and the multi-service networked industry that characterises airport operations is described. The determination of airport capacity is examined. Detailed discussion is given of the influence which air traffic control factors, demand characteristics, environmental conditions and the engineering design and layout of the runway system will have on that capacity. The methods used to assess capacity and delay are also detailed. Extensive data is presented from the Association of European Airlines (AEA) and EUROCONTROL’s Centre for Delay Analysis (CODA) to sketch the current state of Europe’s system of large airports.and the extent to which existing infrastructure is congested. This system of airports represents the main infrastructure of Europe’s aviation sector. The options available to policy makers to improve the management and organisation of existing capacity are set out and critically discussed. Tables giving the advantages and disadvantages of different demand management policies and procedures are presented, thus summarising the extensive literature in this area. Following on from this, several important issues arising when capacity needs to be expanded are highlighted. A number of practical difficulties are pinpointed and the tradeoffs facing policymakers are explained. For instance, where liberalisation has encouraged airlines to increase their frequency of service by, among other things, utilising smaller aircraft, this has the effect of using up available capacity at airports faster than would otherwise have been the case. Policymakers can influence the average size of aircraft in a positive way (which will have significant environmental benefits) through the pricing or airport charging policy. The balance between facilitating growth particularly of new entrant carriers on one hand, and emphasising environmental and sustainability goals on the other, will have to be addressed. The final section of the report relates these discussions to the issue of interoperability and briefly outlines some of the important policy considerations in this area.
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    EC and US air freight markets : network organisation in a deregulated environment
    (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1993-05)
    In this paper, network aspects of the US and EC air freight industries are examined. Distinctions between passengers and freight operations are made and the important role of air carrier's network is discussed. In the US after air cargo deregulation in 1977, all cargo carriers greatly increased their share of the air freight market by diversifying the range of air freight products offered and by developing multi modal networks. The all-cargo operators organised their networks around single hubs while the combination passenger/cargo carriers have developed interactive hub-and-spoke systems based around several regional hubs. These networks have evolved more for passenger needs than for cargo needs.
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    Characterisation of airline networks : a North American and European Comparison
    (Elsevier, 2010-05)
    This paper contrasts the North American and European air transport markets using the extensive Official Airline Guide Databases. The pattern of network development in the two continental regions is examined using data for 1996–2008. The top ten carriers in both regions are analysed closely in terms of network structures and the basic geographical characteristics of these networks are highlighted. In addition, different measures of air transport activity such as seating capacity, and number of movements and of routes are compared. Visualisations of carrier networks are used to highlight the different network strategies operated by low cost and full service carriers. European carrier networks display many significant differences to North American carrier networks. European carriers generally organise their networks around one or two key nodes within the member state in which they are registered and generally do not operate interactive, continental-wide, multiple hub-and-spoke networks as do North American carriers. European and North American low-cost carriers operate much more interconnected networks than full services carriers. Southwest Airlines stands out as operating a particularly highly interconnected network.
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    Subsidisation policies in the provision of air services to small communities : European and US approaches
    In this paper, regulatory approaches to European and US social air service provision for small communities are compared. The subsidisation policies currently in place are reviewed briefly. The impact of social air service provision on small communities in the US is then focused. The Essential Air Service (EAS) Program was established as part of the 1978 Airline Deregulation Act and its aim was to guarantee a minimum level of air services to small and medium communities in the new competitive environment. Extensive data have been gathered from a variety of sources pertaining to EAS services and funding and community economic characteristics for centers covered by the programme. The characteristics of subsidized communities are compared with unsubsidized communities for the recent period (i.e. 1985-95). Policy issues are then discussed in a European context.
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