Operational performance evaluation of international major airports: An application of data envelopment analysis

Journal of Air Transport Management

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 342-351

  Lin, L C ^a   Hong, C H ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; International airports; Operational performance evaluation

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRPORT; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33750613505     PISSN: 09696997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Airport Council International, 2003. Airport Capacity/Demand Profiles. 〈http://www.airports.org/〉.
2. Andersen P., and Petersen N.C. A procedure for ranking efficient units in data envelopment analysis. Management Science 39 (1993) 1261-1264
3. Ashford N. Airport management in a changing economic climate. Transportation Planning and Technology 18 (1994) 57-63
4. Banker R.D., Charnes A., and Cooper W.W. Some model for estimating technical and scale inefficiencies in data envelopment analysis. Management Science 30 (1984) 1078-1092
5. Boeing, 2002. World air Cargo Forecast 2002/2003. 〈http://www.boeing.com/commercial/cargo/pdf/WACFbrochure02-03.pdf〉.
6. Button K., Lall S., Stough R., and Trice M. High-technology employment and hub airports. Journal of Air Transport Management 5 (1999) 53-59
7. Charnes A., Cooper W.W., and Rhodes E. Measuring the efficiency of decision making unit. European Journal of Operational Research 2 (1978) 429-444
8. Chin, A.T.H., Siong, L.E., 2001. Airport performance: a comparative study between Changi airport and airports in the New York-New Jersey Metropolitan Area. Paper Presented at World Conference on Transportation Research, Seoul.
9. David P. The performance of BAA before and after privatization. Journal of Transport Economics and Policy 33 (1999) 133-146
10. Deprins D., Simar L., and Tulkens H. Measuring labor-efficiency in post offices. In: Marchand M., Pestieau P., and Tulkens H. (Eds). The Performance of Public Enterprises: Concepts and Measurement (1984), North-Holland, Amsterdam
11. Doyle J., and Green R. Efficiency and cross-efficiency in DEA: derivations, meanings and uses. Journal of the Operational Research Society 45 (1994) 567-578
12. Farrell M.J. The measurement of productive efficiency. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society A 120 (1957) 253-281
13. Fernandes E., and Pacheco R.R. Efficient use of airport capacity. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 36 (2002) 225-238
14. Fernandes E., and Pacheco R.R. Managerial efficiency of Brazilian airports. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 37 (2003) 667-680
15. Forsyth P. Regulation under stress: development in Australian airport policy. Journal of Transport Management 9 (2003) 25-35
16. Gerber P. Success factors for the privatization of airports-an airline perspective. Journal of Transport Management 8 (2002) 29-36
17. Gillen D., and Lall A. Developing measures of airport productivity and performance: an application of data envelopment analysis. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review 33 (1997) 261-273
18. Gillen D., and Waters W.G. Airport performance measurement and airport pricing. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review 33 (1997) 245-247
19. Humphreys I. Privatization and commercialization changes in UK airport ownership patterns. Journal of Transport Geography 7 (1999) 121-134
20. Humphreys I., Francis G., and Fry J. The benchmarking of airport performance. Journal of Air Transport Management 8 (2002) 239-247
21. Inamete U.B. Key elements in managing airport-the policy environment and increasing efficiency. International Journal of Public Sector Management 6 5 (1993) 12-23
22. International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), 2003. 〈http://www.icao.int/〉.
23. International Monetary Fund, 2003. The Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan. (Chinese Edition). 〈http://www.dgbas.gov.tw/mp.asp?mp=1〉.
24. Lin L.C., and Chen Y.J. Evaluation of operational efficiency of major airports in the Asia region: an application of data envelopment analysis. Journal of Chinese Institute of Transportation 16 (2004) 115-144 (Chinese Edition)
25. Martin J.C., and Roman C. An application of DEA to measure the efficiency of Spanish airports prior to privatization. Journal of Air Transport Management 7 (2001) 149-157
26. Martin-Cejas R.R. An approximation to the productive efficiency of the Spanish airports network through a deterministic cost frontier. Journal of Air Transport Management 8 (2002) 233-238
27. Massoud B., and Bijan V. Size versus efficiency: a case study of US commercial airports. Journal of Air Transport Management 9 (2003) 187-193
28. Morrel P., and Lu C.H.-Y. Aircraft noise social cost and charge mechanisms-a case study of Amsterdam airport Schiphol. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 5 (2000) 305-320
29. Oum T.H., Yu C., and Fu X. A comparative analysis of productivity performance of the World's major airports. Journal of Air Transport Management 9 (2003) 285-297
30. Pels E., Nijkamp P., and Rietveld P. Relative efficiency of European airports. Transport Policy 8 (2001) 183-192
31. Pels E., Nijkamp P., and Rietveld P. Inefficiencies and scale economies of European airport operations. Transport Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review 39 (2003) 341-361
32. Sarkis J. An analysis of the operational efficiency of major airport in the United States. Journal of Operations Management 18 (2000) 335-351
33. Sarkis J., and Talluri S. Performance based clustering for Benchmarking of US airports. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 38 (2004) 329-346
34. Sexton T.R., Silkman R.H., and Hogan A.J. Data development analysis: critique and extension. In: Silkman R.H. (Ed). Measuring Efficiency: An Assessment of Data Development Analysis (1986), Jossey-Bass, San Francisco
35. Thomson I.B. Air transport liberalization and the development of third level airports in France. Journal of Transport Geography 10 (2002) 273-285
36. Tulkens H. On FDH efficiency analysis: some methodological issues and applications to retail banking, courts and urban transit. Journal of Productivity Analysis 4 (1993) 183-210
37. Wang C.T. Discussed C.K.S market potential and development tactics by the development trend of freight transportation. Transportation 28 (1995) 59-74 (Chinese Edition)
38. Yu M.M. A Study on Aircraft Noise Regulation and Input Congestion Impact on the Performance of the Airports in Taiwan (2001), Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University (Chinese Edition)
39. Yu M.M. Measuring physical efficiency of domestic airports in Taiwan with undesirable outputs and environmental factors. Journal of Air Transport Management 10 (2004) 295-303
40. Zhang A. Analysis of international air-cargo hub: the case of Hong Kong. Journal of Air Transport Management 9 (2003) 123-138