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{"title":"Air traffic control method for more fuel efficient arrivals in terminal airspace","authors":"Daiki Iwata ,&nbsp;Yuki Nonaka ,&nbsp;Eri Itoh","doi":"10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102799","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102799","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Growing air traffic demand in recent years means that the aviation industry is faced with challenges in rising CO₂ emissions, associated fuel costs, congestion, noise and operational complexity. Approach and sequencing in terminal airspace is one such phase of flight, at which congestion has high cost in fuel and management of operational complexity. A novel solution for mitigating these negative impacts in a simple and cost-effective manner are welcome. The present study evaluated the efficacy of air traffic control operations combining fixed-flight path angle descent and speed control techniques, on fuel efficiency and pilot operability. We designed a series of flight scenarios for Kansai International Airport arrivals and ran them in a simulation environment. The fixed-flight path angle descent facilitates more precise and reliable prediction of arrival trajectory and reduction in air traffic control operation complexity. The fixed-flight path angle descent procedure has additional anticipated benefits, namely, reduction in fuel burn and the ability to control aircraft speed without compromising fuel efficiency. It may therefore be a viable contender for arrival sequencing and separation maintenance tactic, in place of today’s common vectoring technique. Furthermore, the fixed-flight path angle descent can be performed without modifications or additions to the current onboard electronic equipment of aircraft. This paper demonstrates that combination of fixed-flight path angle descent and speed control performed in a commercial aircraft has the same utility in the route extension by vectoring performed by air traffic controllers during congested air traffic and can be performed while achieving reduction in fuel consumption. Flight simulator tests of an aircraft approaching Kansai International Airport from a southwestern or western direction show that combination of fixed-flight path angle descent and speed control can reduce fuel consumption by up to approximately 260 pounds per flight, without causing noticeable problem in the aircraft operation. Furthermore, the relationship between the en-route sector, upstream of the terminal airspace, and the angle selected for the fixed-flight path angle descent, the operational issues for performing the proposed speed control method are discussed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14925,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Air Transport Management","volume":"128 ","pages":"Article 102799"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144678732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An investigation of border restrictions policies on tourism spread of COVID-19 using scoring tools","authors":"Yoshiyasu Takefuji","doi":"10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102826","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102826","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>There isn't a one-size-fits-all law to effectively handle future pandemics. It is imperative that policies are grounded in robust scientific evidence to minimize preventable fatalities. The more deaths occur, the weaker the economy becomes. This paper aims to reveal the COVID-19 relationship between policy changes and their policy outcomes.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This paper delves into the methodologies for scrutinizing and managing potential future pandemics. For the effective management of future pandemics, it is crucial to scrutinize the outcomes of the policies implemented during the COVID-19 crisis from an impact assessment perspective. The population mortality rate is used in this analysis study: dividing the number of COVID-19 deaths by the population in millions. The population mortality rate is effective in measuring the policy outcome. Two scoring tools are used, such as scorecovid for discovering a snapshot of the best COVID-19 policy in the world and hiscovid for a time series analyzing COVID-19 policies. A literature review is conducted on identified causes associated with policymakers’ mistakes.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>This paper discusses the causes of COVID-19 spread in three countries: United-Arab-Emirates, New-Zealand and Japan.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>As a result, this paper will discover that recent policy updates to COVID-19 (lifting border restrictions and shortening the quarantine period on tourism) are responsible for the resurgence of COVID-19.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14925,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Air Transport Management","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 102826"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144089459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Predictors of safety promotion among Brazilian part 145 repair stations: regression and social network analysis","authors":"Marcio Cardoso Machado ,&nbsp;Fernando Lustosa Grobman ,&nbsp;Flavio Santino Bizarrias ,&nbsp;Leonardo Marques","doi":"10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102827","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102827","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Safety promotion is a component of any safety management system (SMS). Safety promotion in Part 145 repair stations can prevent accidents, injuries, and other adverse outcomes by proactively addressing safety concerns and continuously improving safety performance. Along with the safety promotion SMS component, there are three more components, namely safety policy, safety risk management, and safety assurance. Further, safety promotion in Part 145 repair stations can benefit from the relationship with other Part 145 repair stations based on a social network approach. This study reveals that SMS components (namely safety policy, safety risk management, and safety assurance) and the relative position of a Part 145 repair station in the social network can predict safety promotion performance. The data indicates that four predictors (i.e., all SMS components and one social network metric) are significant in this model, and the resulting regression equation predicts 78.6 % of the variance. Part 145 repair stations and aviation agencies can benefit from the findings by implementing or recommending safety promotion policies considering these predictors.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14925,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Air Transport Management","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 102827"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144071886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How can aviation be decarbonized faster? An assessment of relevant short- and medium-term policy measures in a Nordic context","authors":"Inga Margrete Ydersbond ,&nbsp;Niels Buus Kristensen ,&nbsp;Harald Thune-Larsen ,&nbsp;Trond Arild Ydersbond","doi":"10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102812","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102812","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The urgent need to mitigate the devastating effects of global warming demands a rapid, significant reduction in emissions across all sectors. However, decarbonizing the aviation industry presents unique challenges due to alternatives being either costly and scarce, technologically immature, or politically unpopular. This study focuses on the Nordic region and explores potential strategies for decarbonizing aviation. By analyzing Nordic aviation travel data, airport distances, natural resource potentials, fuel usage, policy measures, stakeholder positions, technological readiness levels, legal issues, and other relevant factors, we propose a dual approach. First, on short-haul routes, battery electric aircraft may be used, once the technology matures within the next years. Second, on medium- and long-haul routes, in the foreseeable future sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) and, if available, hybrid and hydrogen technology. Furthermore, the successful implementation of well-designed policies to create markets for the new aircraft and fuel technologies is crucial for rapid progress. A collaborative Nordic approach, combined with implementing and strengthening current and upcoming EU policy initiatives, holds considerable promise.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14925,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Air Transport Management","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 102812"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144069114","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cost pass-through in the U.S. aviation industry","authors":"Chang Dong ,&nbsp;Gamal Atallah ,&nbsp;Jose Galdo","doi":"10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102823","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102823","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper analyzes disparities in the pass-through of fuel costs across legacy, low-cost, and ultra-low-cost carriers in the U.S. civil aviation industry from 2000 to 2019. We examine how the distinct business models of these carriers influence their pricing mechanisms. Using panel data and a fixed-effects regression approach, we assess which carrier type transfers more of the increased fuel costs on to consumers, drawing on detailed airfare and operational cost data. Our findings reveal that low-cost carriers are more inclined than legacy carriers to raise ticket prices in response to rising fuel costs, while ultra-low-cost carriers exhibit the lowest degree of cost pass-through.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14925,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Air Transport Management","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 102823"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143942268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evolution of the Airport Industry and Regional Growth in the Pacific Alliance Member Countries","authors":"Wolfgang Dupeyrat Luque,&nbsp;Chunyan Yu","doi":"10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102811","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102811","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines the relationship between airports and regional economic growth, and explores the extent to which airport privatization and commercialization have influenced air traffic growth within Pacific Alliance countries. Utilizing a comprehensive dataset comprising 86 airports across Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru from 2006 to 2019, we employed Granger causality tests, Vector Autoregression (VAR), and Instrumental Variables (IV) with Two-Stage Least Squares (2SLS) models. Our findings reveal that privatization and commercialization significantly enhance airport traffic, which, in turn, promotes regional economic growth. Furthermore, we identified a bidirectional causal relationship between airport traffic and economic growth in Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. However, no evidence of such causality was observed in Chile.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14925,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Air Transport Management","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 102811"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143931876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Data-driven recognition of hot taxiway segments for assessing airport surface traffic efficiency","authors":"Jianan Yin ,&nbsp;Yuxuan He ,&nbsp;Yuanyuan Ma ,&nbsp;Peiran Qiao ,&nbsp;Xuan Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102822","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102822","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Due to the continuous growth in air transportation demand, the complexity of airport surface traffic systems, and the variability in aircraft behavior, airport surface traffic exhibits serious spatial heterogeneity. This complexity not only heightens the likelihood of surface conflicts and unsafe events, but also has a substantial impact on both the operational efficiency and safety of airport operations. Current research on airport surface hotspots mainly focuses on conflict hotspots and risk hotspots, and fewer studies are conducted on busy hotspots. In order to fill this research gap, this paper proposes an accurate matching method of airport surface trajectory and taxiway system based on Hidden Markov Algorithm. And establishes an indicator system to characterize airport surface taxiway, which is used to comprehensively reflect the airport surface taxiway operation efficiency. On this basis, an Airport Surface Hot-Taxiway-Segment Recognition Model (ASHRM) is proposed which innovatively introduces the new concept of hot index to quantify and measure the popularity of taxiway segments, thus realizing the recognition of hot taxiway segments. Through the experimental analysis of real data from SZX Airport, the results show that the recognized hot taxiway segments are consistent with actual airport operations, and the cumulative traffic flow is identified as the most critical factor affecting the formation of hot taxiway segments. This method not only provides a scientific basis for the operational management and efficiency assessment of airports, but also realizes the scientific recognition of hot taxiway segments in the dynamically changing airport surface transportation systems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14925,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Air Transport Management","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 102822"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143931875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An improved multi-objective restart variable neighborhood search algorithm for aircraft sequencing problem with complex interdependent runways","authors":"Kejia Chen,&nbsp;Tengkuan Situ,&nbsp;Yunfei Fang","doi":"10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102807","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102807","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Aircraft Sequencing Problem (ASP) is a problem that seeks to minimize adverse impacts such as flight delays by adjusting flight sequencing schemes. With the increase in aviation demand, ASP has been garnered more attention in recent years. However, existing ASPs typically assume that the relationships between runways are either entirely independent or entirely interdependent, without considering the complex scenarios where runways have both dependent and independent relationships. Moreover, existing ASP research focusing on multi-objective aspects is relatively scarce, while it is essential to consider multifaceted needs in reality. Therefore, we have established a multi-objective mathematical model for the Aircraft Sequencing Problem with Complex Interdependent Runways (ASP-CIR), aiming to minimize the total delays and makespan. Different from the common lack of problem-specific structural design in existing ASP algorithms, or the need to improve structural strategies, we propose an Improved Multi-Objective Restart Variable Neighborhood Search (IMORVNS) algorithm based on the characteristic of the studied ASP-CIR. In the IMORVNS, we have designed several problem-specific structures guided by constraints, such as initialization and neighborhood search. We tested our new method on 30 different problem instances of three sizes and found it worked better than other recent algorithms. Moreover, a sensitivity analysis on the scenario featuring both interdependent and independent runway relationships was conducted, reaffirming the importance of considering the ASP-CIR scenario.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14925,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Air Transport Management","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 102807"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143918226","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Towards a typology of airline vertical strategies","authors":"Lars-Michael Wendel ,&nbsp;Sascha Albers ,&nbsp;Wouter Dewulf","doi":"10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102810","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102810","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Vertical strategy – airlines’ vertical scope and positioning in the vertical industry structure – is crucial for firm performance. This paper uses a k-Means cluster analysis of 75 airlines – based on data of the year 2019 – to identify four airline vertical strategy types: Concentrators, Dependents, Peripherals, and Control Seekers, materialising around the three dimensions of vertical focus, organisational setup, and market environment. Our work focuses on a yet neglected domain of airline strategy, offering a conceptual framework for the assessment and further analysis of airline vertical strategies. Our typology offers practical implications for airline companies in their relative positioning to evaluate and potentially revise their strategies to improve competitive posture and profitability.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14925,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Air Transport Management","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 102810"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143900030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"More seats, more tourists? Evidence from Peru1","authors":"Jesús Gutiérrez,&nbsp;Enzo Defilippi","doi":"10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102796","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102796","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The aim of this paper is to assess whether the increase in the number and capacity of non-stop flights to and from Peru between 2004 and 2015 influenced the number of visitors arriving from the country's primary tourist markets, namely the United States and Europe. Utilizing a SARIMA-X model, the results indicate that a 1 % increase in available seats on non-stop flights between the United States and Peru resulted in a 0.36 % rise in American tourists. In Europe, where only Spain, the Netherlands, and France have direct flights to Peru, the outcomes are heterogeneous. The data reveals no significant effect on tourist numbers from these countries. However, increased seat availability on flights to and from Spain positively impacted tourist arrivals from Italy, Switzerland, and Germany. These findings suggest that expanding existing routes positively impacts inbound tourism to Peru, even if not directly from the countries connected via non-stop flights.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14925,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Air Transport Management","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 102796"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143900031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}