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Management of airport congestion through slot allocation

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  • Abeyratne, Ruwantissa I.R.

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The lack of airport slots (the time allocated for an aircraft to land or take off), particularly at airports which experience congestion, have reached unmanageable proportions in recent years. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) records that, by the end of 1997, there were 132 slot controlled international airports. The World of Civil Aviation, 1997–2000. ICAO Circular 273-AT/113, p. 12 (118 year round and 14 during peak seasons). Between 1989 and 1998 the reported number of commercial aircraft in service increased by about 60% from 11,253 to 18,139 aircraft. In 1998, 1463 jet aircraft were ordered, compared with 1309 in 1997, and 929 were delivered compared with 674 aircraft in 1997. In 1998, the total scheduled traffic carried by airlines of the 185 Contracting States of ICAO amounted to a total of about 1462 million passengers and about 26 million tonnes of freight. These figures1The above figures were extracted from The Annual Report of the Council — 1998, ICAO, Montreal, Doc 9732, p. 6.1 are reflective of the rapidly increasing frequency of aircraft movements at airports, calling for drastic management of airport capacity. To cope with the demand, airlines are forming strategic alliances with themselves by utilizing such commercial tools as franchising, leasing and interchange of aircraft. The management of airport capacity through slot allocation is a critical consideration for the world aviation community. This article analyses the problem and discusses various issues related thereto.

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  • Abeyratne, Ruwantissa I.R., 2000. "Management of airport congestion through slot allocation," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 6(1), pages 29-41.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jaitra:v:6:y:2000:i:1:p:29-41
    DOI: 10.1016/S0969-6997(99)00019-8
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    1. Wang, Kun & Gong, Qiang & Fu, Xiaowen & Fan, Xingli, 2014. "Frequency and aircraft size dynamics in a concentrated growth market: The case of the Chinese domestic market," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 36(C), pages 50-58.
    2. João P. Pita & Cynthia Barnhart & António P. Antunes, 2013. "Integrated Flight Scheduling and Fleet Assignment Under Airport Congestion," Transportation Science, INFORMS, vol. 47(4), pages 477-492, November.
    3. Sieg, Gernot, 2010. "Grandfather rights in the market for airport slots," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 44(1), pages 29-37, January.
    4. Betancor, Ofelia & Jiménez, Juan Luis & Pilar Socorro, M., 2010. "The costs of peak-load demand: An application to Gran Canaria airport," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 16(2), pages 59-64.
    5. Kemppainen, Katariina & Nieminen, Jaakko & Vepsäläinen, Ari P.J., 2007. "Estimating the costs of airport congestion due to fast connections," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 13(4), pages 169-174.
    6. Katz, Donald S. & Garrow, Laurie A., 2014. "Revenue and operational impacts of depeaking at U.S. hub airports," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 34(C), pages 57-64.

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