Download or read book Airport Benchmarking Report written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Resource Guide to Airport Performance Indicators written by Robert A. Hazel and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2011 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Explores airport performance indicators (APIs) for use in benchmarking and performance measurement. These APIs are sorted by functional type and their criticality to the airport strategic plan. More than 800 performance indicators are presented in three main categories: Core, Key, and Other APIs. "Core" or fundamental indicators are important for overall operation of the airport and of interest to the Chief Executive Officer or governing board. "Key" or departmental indicators are important for the operations of key airport functions and departments. The remaining "Other" indicators are considered useful as secondary departmental unit performance indicators but not critical to the airport's overall function. The printed versions of ACRP Report 19A include a bound in CD (CRP-CD-94) of the Interactive Resource Guide that is identical to the pdf that is posted online."--Provided by publisher.
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Download or read book Developing an Airport Performance measurement System written by Airport Cooperative Research Program and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2010 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At head of title: Airport Cooperative Research Program.
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Download or read book A Method for Stakeholder based Comparative Benchmarking of Airports written by Claes Johan David Schaar and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 1088 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Major U.S. airports are critical nodes in the air transportation network, providing the interface between ground and air transportation. Airports are geographic monopolies with multiple stakeholders. Government regulations require them to operate as public utilities under profit-neutral financial conditions. By their nature, the airport stakeholders have different and sometimes conflicting performance objectives. Since U.S. airports operate under profit-neutral regulations, enterprise performance cannot be measured using traditional financial objectives and must instead be evaluated based on the airports' ability to meet the objectives of all of their stakeholders. Comparative benchmarking is used for evaluating the relative performance of airports. An analysis of past benchmarks of airport performance described in this dissertation shows that these benchmarks are ambiguous about which stakeholders' needs they address and provide limited motivation for why particular performance metrics were used. Furthermore, benchmarks of airport performance use data of multiple dimensions, and such benchmarking without knowledge of utility functions requires the use of multi-objective comparison models such as Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Published benchmarks have used different DEA model variations with limited explanation of why the models were selected. The choices of performance metrics and the choice of DEA model have an impact on the benchmark results. The limited motivation for metrics and model render the published benchmark results inconclusive. This dissertation describes a systematic method for airport benchmarking to address the issues described above. The method can be decomposed into three phases. The first phase is the benchmark design, in which the stakeholder goals and DEA model are selected. The selection of stakeholder goals is enabled by a model of airport stakeholders, their relationships, and their performance objectives for the airport. The DEA model is selected using a framework and heuristics for systematically making DEA model choices in an airport benchmark. The second phase is the implementation of the benchmark, in which the benchmark data is collected and benchmark scores are computed. Benchmark scores are computed using the implementation of DEA models provided in the dissertation. In the third phase, the results are analyzed to identify factors which contribute toward strong performance and poor performance, respectively, and to provide recommendations to decision- and policy-makers. The benchmark method was applied in three case studies of U.S. airports: The first case study provided a benchmark of the level of domestic passenger air service to U.S. metropolitan areas. The frequency of service to hub airports and the number of non-hub destinations served were measured in relation to the size of the regional economy and population. The results of this benchmark showed that seven of 29 metropolitan areas have the highest levels of air service. Nine areas, including Portland, OR, San Diego, and Pittsburgh, have poor levels of air service. Contributing factors to poor levels of air service are the lack of airline hub service, limited airport capacity, and low airline yields. In the second case study, a benchmark of the degree of airport capacity utilization was conducted. The degree of capacity utilization at 35 major U.S. airports was evaluated as defined by the level of air service and volume of passengers carried in relation to the airport runway capacity. Seven out of 35 airports have the highest levels of capacity utilization while six airports, including HNL, PDX, and PIT, have poor levels of capacity utilization. Some airports with high levels of airport capacity utilization incur large delay costs while the airports with poor levels of utilization have excess capacity, indicating that funding for capacity improvements should be directed away from the poorly performing airports to those that are capacity constrained. The third case study recreated of an existing widely published benchmark. This analysis took the premise of a previously conducted benchmark that measured airport efficiency and recreated it by applying the new benchmarking methodology in two new component benchmarks: 0́Ø A benchmark focused on the airports' operating efficiency, using parameters which included the number of passengers and aircraft movements in relation to runway capacity and delay levels 0́Ø A benchmark comparing the level of investment quality of the airports, using factors such as the debt service coverage ratio, the portion of origin and destination passengers, and the levels of non-aeronautical revenues The results of the new benchmark showed no statistically significant correlation with the results of the original benchmark, leading to a different set of conclusions from the new benchmarks. This illustrates the importance of a comprehensive and systematic approach to the design of a benchmark. Practical implications of the analysis for policymakers relate to the allocation of funding for capacity improvement projects. Airports in some areas operate at high levels of capacity utilization and provide high levels of air service for their regions. These areas are at risk of not being able to satisfy continued growth in air travel demand, limiting the potential for the areas' future economic development. The most strongly affected area in this category is New York City. Similarly, the analysis found areas where the current level of air service is limited due to airport capacity constraints, including Philadelphia and San Diego. While airport capacity growth is subject to geographical and other restrictions in some of these areas, increased capacity improvement funds would provide a high return on investment in these regions. In contrast, the analysis found that several airports with comparatively low levels of capacity utilization received funding for increased capacity in the form of new runway construction. These airports include Cleveland, Cincinnati, St. Louis, and Washington-Dulles. In light of this indication that improvement funding is currently not optimally allocated, this benchmarking method could be used as a systematic, transparent means of enhancing the process of funding allocation.
Download or read book Aviation Infrastructure Performance written by Clifford Winston and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2009-02-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aviation performance is an important cog in modern globalized economies, which demand flexibility, mobility, efficiency, and dependability. Airport delays have gone from being a nuisance to being a salient public concern, drawing the ire of even the White House. In this important book, international transportation experts compare and contrast how different nations have managed their airports and air traffic control systems and how well they are meeting the needs of their people. The book's cross-national approach encompasses several different institutional arrangements, making it a timely and valuable study in comparative political economy. Among the countries studied, the United States is sometimes seen as a bastion of free markets, at the forefront of airline deregulation, but its airports and air traffic control system are publicly owned and operated. The same is true in continental Europe, for the most part. In contrast, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Canada are experimenting with privatization, while even mainland China is allowing the private sector to participate in airport ownership. Which methods work best, and under what circumstances? This book provides the answers.
Download or read book Resource Guide to Airport Performance Indicators written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Explores airport performance indicators (APIs) for use in benchmarking and performance measurement. These APIs are sorted by functional type and their criticality to the airport strategic plan. More than 800 performance indicators are presented in three main categories: Core, Key, and Other APIs. "Core" or fundamental indicators are important for overall operation of the airport and of interest to the Chief Executive Officer or governing board. "Key" or departmental indicators are important for the operations of key airport functions and departments. The remaining "Other" indicators are considered useful as secondary departmental unit performance indicators but not critical to the airport's overall function. The printed versions of ACRP Report 19A include a bound in CD (CRP-CD-94) of the Interactive Resource Guide that is identical to the pdf that is posted online."--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book An Investigation of Key Issues for Improving Quality of Airport Benchmarking written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Significant changes have occurred over the last three decades in the aviation industry. Deregulation of the airline industry has led to increasingly competitive airline markets domestically and internationally. Consequently, views about airports began to change: from that of a public utility to a more business/commercial entity, which lead to the worldwide moves towards corporatization, commercialization, and privatization of airports. However, most airports enjoy a quasi-monopolistic position and may abuse such a position. Airport performance measurement and benchmarking, therefore, has become increasingly important for airlines, investors, regulators, and airport managers to ensure efficient operation of airports. The main objectives of this study are to empirically compare the three key methodologies for measuring airport efficiency, namely the productivity index method, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method, and stochastic frontier method; and to examine the effects of regional price variations on efficiency measures and rankings. The study is based on the data for 62 North American airports which was kindly provided in confidence by the ATRS Global Airport Performance Benchmarking project. The main findings are: (a) the efficiency scores and airport rankings measured by the three alternative methods are quite similar to each others among the top and bottom ranking airports, whereas considerable differences are observed among the airports in the middle; and (b) As expected, regional price level adjustments help improve the accuracy of efficiency measurement, suggesting that whenever possible regionally differentiated price data should be used instead of national aggregate price data.
Download or read book Airport Benchmarking written by Vanessa Liebert and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Subsequent to airline deregulation, an increasing commercialization, privatization and restructuring gradually changed a sovereign operated airport industry to modern business enterprises. Where market power was likely to be exploited, airports may now face competition with nearby airports or other transport modes. Consequently airport benchmarking became popular for comparisons with competitors and to assess efficiency changes resulting from the structural change. Within academic benchmarking a number of studies emerged utilizing parametric and non-parametric approaches to estimate the productivity and efficiency of airports. Building on the limitations and discussions from previous research the general objective of this thesis is to further the understanding of the airport industry and to improve airport benchmarking in order to enhance its usefulness for managerial, political and regulatory purposes. Particular emphasis is given on the consideration of the heterogeneous character of airports and how to explain efficiency difference across airports. The cumulative thesis presents the results of three research articles. The first article provides a survey on the methods, data and findings of empirical research from the current literature in airport benchmarking. The survey indicates substantial progress in the methodological application however many issues still remain unresolved such as the appropriate measurement of capital. The second article assesses the combined impact of ownership form, economic regulation and competition on airport performance and pricing in order to search for the most desirable combination. Australian and European are analyzed using non-parametric data envelopment analysis (DEA) in a first stage efficiency measurement and regression analysis in a second stage environmental study. The results reveal that airports not facing competition should be regulated to increase cost efficiency and prevent exploitation of market power. However, in a competitive setting, regulation inhibits airports of any ownership from operating efficiently. Nevertheless, unregulated private airports appear to remain profit-maximizer within competition. The third article aims to improve the airport benchmarking process. Most previous studies either treat the airport production technology as a black box or separate terminal and airside activities, assessing them individually. This research analyzes European airports as a single unit due to the direct complementarities but opening the black box through network DEA. Combined with dynamic clustering appropriate benchmarks are identified based on pre-defined characteristics. Compared to basic DEA models, the results of the network DEA structure provide more meaningful benchmarks with comparable peer units and target values that are achievable in the medium term.
Download or read book Airport Benchmarking written by Vanessa Liebert and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Subsequent to airline deregulation, an increasing commercialization, privatization and restructuring gradually changed a sovereign operated airport industry to modern business enterprises. Where market power was likely to be exploited, airports may now face competition with nearby airports or other transport modes. Consequently airport benchmarking became popular for comparisons with competitors and to assess efficiency changes resulting from the structural change. Within academic benchmarking a number of studies emerged utilizing parametric and non-parametric approaches to estimate the productivity and efficiency of airports. Building on the limitations and discussions from previous research the general objective of this thesis is to further the understanding of the airport industry and to improve airport benchmarking in order to enhance its usefulness for managerial, political and regulatory purposes. Particular emphasis is given on the consideration of the heterogeneous character of airports and how to explain efficiency difference across airports. The cumulative thesis presents the results of three research articles. The first article provides a survey on the methods, data and findings of empirical research from the current literature in airport benchmarking. The survey indicates substantial progress in the methodological application however many issues still remain unresolved such as the appropriate measurement of capital. The second article assesses the combined impact of ownership form, economic regulation and competition on airport performance and pricing in order to search for the most desirable combination. Australian and European are analyzed using non-parametric data envelopment analysis (DEA) in a first stage efficiency measurement and regression analysis in a second stage environmental study. The results reveal that airports not facing competition should be regulated to increase cost efficiency and prevent exploitation of market power. However, in a competitive setting, regulation inhibits airports of any ownership from operating efficiently. Nevertheless, unregulated private airports appear to remain profit-maximizer within competition. The third article aims to improve the airport benchmarking process. Most previous studies either treat the airport production technology as a black box or separate terminal and airside activities, assessing them individually. This research analyzes European airports as a single unit due to the direct complementarities but opening the black box through network DEA. Combined with dynamic clustering appropriate benchmarks are identified based on pre-defined characteristics. Compared to basic DEA models, the results of the network DEA structure provide more meaningful benchmarks with comparable peer units and target values that are achievable in the medium term.
