Issue 51

Bottlenecks at the Departure Concourse of Airports for the 2014 World Cup
By Giovanna Miceli Ronzani and Anderson Ribeiro Correia
Brazil will be hosting two important international events: FIFA soccer world cup – 2014 and the Summer Olympic games in 2016. Since several international tourists will be traveling to and within Brazil, the airports must be prepared for these additional passengers. One of the main bottlenecks of Brazilian airports is the emplaning hall, as will be presented in this article.

 

By João Luiz de Castro Fortes and Alessandro V. M. Oliveira
This study investigates how Brazilian airlines’ quality of catering has changed across a ten-year period through an analysis of catering costs. This article shows a strong tendency of cost decreasing along with cost convergence of the values spent by airlines, especially the ones which were known by their differentiated in-flight service.

Public Participatory GIS in urban planning around a Major Gateway of Latin America
Gustavo Sobreiro Santos, Rogéria de Arantes Gomes Eller, Emmanuel Antonio dos Santos
In Brazil, there is a lack in urban planning on aircraft noise impacted areas. People living around airports are often not aware of land use restrictions that are determined by different levels of government. This study aims to develop a Web-Based Public Participatory GIS. This model can aid both people and authorities to minimize conflicts between airport and population by providing more confident information in real time. Keywords: Aircraft noise, GIS, Urban planning, Public Participation.
By Carlos Müller, Rafael Fraga and Cláudio Jorge Pinto Alves
PRM/SOIA (Precision Runway Monitor/Simultaneous Offset Instrument Approach) is an approach procedure that can be specifically designed to allow simultaneous approaches at runway systems spaced as close as 750 feet. This paper addresses the potential impact of the use of this approach procedure at São Paulo International Airport (GRU).
by John D. Kasarda and Greg Lindsay
John Kasarda’s work on airports and the aerotropolis is certainly not new. For over a decade, he (re-)publishes books and articles: mostly case studies based on his airport consultation work. His new book is written by journalist Greg Lindsay who followed the aerotropolis guru on its way to consulting jobs. Lindsay took the time to write down in a smooth way what is in Kasarda’s mind – and probably wherefore he couldn’t find time. Joint by the praising reviews in The Wall Street Journal and other journals and magazines, it paves the way to a wider audience than the insiders of airport area development.
Without any doubt we can state that the latest financial crises has had a tremendous impact on the aviation industry, and certainly not in a good way. The main question is what airlines have learned from this and previous set-backs, and how they use this information to make their businesses more sustainable in times of economic meltdown.

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