Airport capacity vs. demand: Mismatch or mismanagement?

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 203-226

  Madas, Michael A ^a   Zografos, Konstantinos G ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Airport capacity management; Airport slot allocation; Multi criteria evaluation; Policy compatibility analysis

Indexed keywords

AIRPORTS; MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

AIRPORT CAPACITY MANAGEMENT; AIRPORT SLOT ALLOCATION; MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION; POLICY COMPATIBILITY ANALYSIS;

AIR TRANSPORTATION;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRPORT; POLICY MAKING; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36448974931     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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