Business on the Move: How globalisation is changing the travel plans of European executives

Please find below a new report that was published today by Cranfield’s Air Transport Management Group on their Facebook page. It’s entitled “Business on the move: How globalisation is changing the travel plans of European executives”, written by the Economist Intelligence Unit. It looks at how the economic downturn has affected corporate travel at businesses headquartered in Western Europe, and how global business and economic trends are set to transform business travel in the future.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40763777/Business%20Travel%20Report%20_EIU_6283_2013.pdf

The Design of a Large Scale Airline Network

By Rafael Bernardo Carmona Benítez

Fundamental changes in the air passenger transport system have occurred as a consequence of the government and customer requests for opening new services in new markets. Airlines have to analyze and decide what new routes to operate. First, countries and states with high increments of gross domestic product (GDP) are more attractive to open airline services (i.e. China, Brazil). Second, the level of deregulation at different countries allows airlines to find new routes and new networks to invest in other carriers or open services (i.e. Copa and Continental Airlines). Third, low fares, offered by low cost carrier’s (LCC’s), appear to be the main cause of the increase passenger flow worldwide [Carmona Benitez, 2012]. Fourth, the evolutions of the LCC’s have increased the possibilities of airports to increase their revenues and pax flow by opening more routes operated by LCC’s. Finally, points one to four will occur in many countries after their Civil Aviation Authorities eliminate restrictions on routes and fares giving the opportunities for airlines, airports, federal governments, states and investors from other countries to find new opportunities by identifying the right networks to serve.

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Assessing the impacts of Aligning the Conformity Assessment and Certification in EU Aviation Security

This paper aims to provide the outcomes of an impact assessment of the conformity assessment and certification (CAC) of security in the European aviation. The impact assessment conducted was part of a study led by Ecorys on behalf of EC DG Enterprise and Industry. At first, the background of the study is explained and importance of reliability of the overall aviation security system is underlined. Need for economically sound decisions is addressed. Next, specific aspects of the aviation security system are discussed. A distinction is made between continuous and disruptive security. The methodology used for the impact assessment is described and the aviation related results are presented. Finally, conclusions are drawn on the need for aligning the regulations and common recognition of conformity assessment and certification in aviation security in view of the outcomes of the impact assessment conducted.

 

Disclaimer: “In accordance with Article II.10.3 of the Framework Contract ENTR/2009/050, any opinions expressed in that SECERCA study are those of the Contractor (i.e. ECORYS) only and do not represent the Commission’s official position”.

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The Impact of Yield Management in the Airline Industry on Customers’ Feelings of Price fairness

The practice of Yield management has been widely adopted by service organizations in the past three decades. Yield management originally started in the airline industry and this capacity management strategy is also most often applied by airlines. The practice of yield management, especially in the airline industry, has been discussed in many different studies. There is, however, limited empirical research on the effects on business-to-business relationships and knowledge on how the feelings of price fairness affect loyalty. This research paper will discuss the differences in perception and reactions of both business and leisure travelers. The main goal of this research is  to give answers to the question: What are the impacts of yield management in the airline industry on customers feelings of price fairness and how does it affect loyalty?

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Book Review Airline Marketing and Management – 7th Edition by Stephen Shaw

This leading textbook on airline marketing offers a review of both the air transport market and the marketing environment, followed by an examination of airline business and marketing strategies. The second part of the book details the wide range of marketing activities, such as product design and management, pricing and revenue management, distribution channels, and selling, advertising and promotional issues.

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A New Airport in Durban: Assessing the Direct Effects on the Local Population

In May 2010, the new King Shaka International Airport (KSIA) was opened in South Africa, an emerging economy for which integration into the world economy is an important objective. Being developed as part of a trade and investment hub, the new airport serves as a case for infrastructural mega-projects, of which many are increasingly built around the world to attract investors and generate economic growth. Their positive effects on society are however disputed. This article assesses the extent to which this new airport in Durban has directly benefited the local population in terms of employment generation and economic development.

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Flight-to-Gate Assignment: Methods and Complexities at Different Planning Horizons

The flight-to-gate assignment problem is encountered by gate managers and capacity planners at airports in general on a periodic basis. The ‘sense of urgency’ for notifying and managing the imbalances of demand for and supply of gates in an early stage grows due to the higher occupation rate of gates compared to previous years at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AAS). Capacity planners need computational tools for capacity analyses to face the complex decision making process on gate infrastructure and procedures. Current methods described in literature for the flight-to-gate assignment problem are reviewed.

Subsequently, the most appropriate method for capacity planning on tactical level is chosen and reasoned. Since the flight-to-gate assignment problem has the characteristics of a NPhard class of problem there is no known algorithm for finding the optimal solution within a polynomial-bounded amount of time. Several attempts to find sub-optimal solutions to the flight-to-gate assignment problem are made and described in literature, however practical usability and tests with a large set of data is missing. Available commercial tools are based on the rule-based technique and a heuristics scheduling method to find a near-optimal solution. Based on the arguments described in the previous two sentences it is suggested to use the rule-based technique with a heuristic method for the decision support tool at AAS.

 

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