Airport slot allocation in Europe: Economic efficiency and fairness

International Journal of Revenue Management

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 28-44

  Castelli, Lorenzo ^a   Pellegrini, Paola ^b   Pesenti, Raffaele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air traffic management; Airport slot allocation; ATM; Compensation mechanism; Grandfather rights; SESAR; Single European Sky ATM Research Programme

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857339159     PISSN: 14747332     EISSN: 17418186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJRM.2012.044514     Document Type: Article

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