The impact of airport capacity constraints on future growth in the US air transportation system

Journal of Air Transport Management

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 288-295

  Evans, Antony ^a   Schäfer, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airline network optimization; Airline operations; CO2 emissions; Flight delays; Game theory

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRCRAFT EMISSION; AIRPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; FUTURE PROSPECT; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL DEMAND;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955960362     PISSN: 09696997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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