Airport slot allocation: A time for change?

Transport Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 274-285

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

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Airport slot allocation; Demand management; Multi criteria evaluation; Policy compatibility

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRPORT; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY MAKING; PRICING POLICY; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

EID: 77951183345     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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