By Rolf P. Perié
As airline and hub competition becomes fiercer, airline-airport co-operation becomes a necessary option for both main carrier airlines and hub airports to face this competition together. The inter-dependency between airlines and airports in producing air-transport services is tight, i.e. their destinies … Read more…
by Brian Goehring, Anand Janardhan and Maureen Stancik Boyce
Customer loyalty programs in the airline business have suffered as airlines have been hit with multiple challenges over the past few years – bankruptcies, increasing fuel prices, an increasing number of competitors and deteriorating customer satisfaction. … Read more…
By Jan Maarten Soomer
The purpose of the research discussed in this thesis was to assess the effects of considering airline preferences in runway operations scheduling. This was motivated by the congestion and delays that regularly occur in the air traffic system. Delays cause both … Read more…
Aviation and tourism are closely associated in the South Pacific. South Pacific Island Microstates built their tourism industries and grew their economies by capturing the benefits from early trans-Pacific airline operations that needed island waypoints for refueling. Later, advances in aircraft technology … Read more…
by Rafal Wodziczko
Bhutan’s national airline Druk Air shares several qualities with its country of origin: one of the smallest, youngest and most exotic in the world. The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, a landlocked country between China and India, was still closed and … Read more…
By Daan de Jong, Bram Kaashoek & Willem-Jan Zondag
Early 2008, the Aerlines Magazine Foundation will publish its first book that addresses important contemporary policy areas of today’s air transport industry. The book contains contributions from a number of highly respected experts on the field … Read more…
By Farhan Abdi
Cranfield student Farhan Abdi has investigated whether brand conflicts exist between the merged carriers Air France and KLM. This article reflects Abdi’ research and presents the findings of the survey that was part of the research. Abdi also provide recommendations in order … Read more…
By A.K. Somasundaraswaran
Sri Lanka’s Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) is Sri Lanka’s only gateway to facilitate international flights, located 32 kilometres away from Colombo city. In order to satisfy ever increasing demand, BIA has been continuously developing its infrastructure. As a result, A.K. Somasundaraswaran expects … Read more…
By Callum Thomas, Janet Maughan, Paul Hooper and Ken Hume
The disturbance caused by aircraft noise is the single most important local impact arising from airport operations. It has the potential to constrain airport growth, thus limiting potential social and economical growth in the Region. … Read more…
By Edwin Koster and Paul Bleumink
Koster and Bleumink discuss developments of the international freight market and consequences for the hub function of Schiphol. First of all they mention that the freight market is of elementary importance for Schiphol and part of the metropolitan value … Read more…