Do more US airports need slot controls? A welfare based approach to determine slot levels

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1239-1259

  Swaroop, Prem ^a   Zou, Bo ^b   Ball, Michael O ^a   Hansen, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Univ of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Airline scheduling; Airport demand management; Flight delay; Schedule delay; Slot controls; Welfare

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRPORTS; FLIGHT SIMULATORS; SCHEDULING; TRANSPORTATION;

AIRLINE SCHEDULING; AIRPORT DEMAND MANAGEMENTS; FLIGHT DELAYS; SCHEDULE DELAY; SLOT CONTROLS; WELFARE;

AIRPORT PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION;

AIRLINE INDUSTRY; AIRPORT; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866149684     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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