Management of airport congestion through slot allocation |
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| Institution: | 1. University of British Columbia, 2053 Main Mall, Henry Angus 471, Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z2;2. Carnegie Mellon University, Heinz College, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Office 2118J, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA;3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Building 33-218, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA;1. Department of Management Science and Technology, School of Business, Athens University of Economics and Business, 76, Patission Str., 104 34 Athens, Greece;2. Department of Applied Informatics, School of Information Sciences, Information Systems and e-Business Laboratory (ISeB), University of Macedonia, 156, Egnatia Str., 546 36 Thessaloniki, Greece;1. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain;2. CRIDA A.I.E. (Reference Center for Research, Development and Innovation in ATM), Spain;1. College of Civil Aviation, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Mailbox 1007, No.29, Jiangjun Avenue, Jiangning District, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 211106, China;2. Department of Geography, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 S8, B9000, Ghent, Belgium;3. Discipline of Urban Planning, University of Melbourne, Melbourne School of Design, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, 3010, Australia |
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| Abstract: | The lack of airport slots (the time allocated for an aircraft to land or take off), particularly at airports which experience congestion, have reached unmanageable proportions in recent years. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) records that, by the end of 1997, there were 132 slot controlled international airports. The World of Civil Aviation, 1997–2000. ICAO Circular 273-AT/113, p. 12 (118 year round and 14 during peak seasons). Between 1989 and 1998 the reported number of commercial aircraft in service increased by about 60% from 11,253 to 18,139 aircraft. In 1998, 1463 jet aircraft were ordered, compared with 1309 in 1997, and 929 were delivered compared with 674 aircraft in 1997. In 1998, the total scheduled traffic carried by airlines of the 185 Contracting States of ICAO amounted to a total of about 1462 million passengers and about 26 million tonnes of freight. These figures1 are reflective of the rapidly increasing frequency of aircraft movements at airports, calling for drastic management of airport capacity. To cope with the demand, airlines are forming strategic alliances with themselves by utilizing such commercial tools as franchising, leasing and interchange of aircraft. The management of airport capacity through slot allocation is a critical consideration for the world aviation community. This article analyses the problem and discusses various issues related thereto. |
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