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Multi-layer dynamic network model of traffic flow in terminal area and complexity analysis 终端区交通流多层动态网络模型及复杂性分析

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Journal of Air Transport Management Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102881

Peng Yating, Shen Di, Wen Xiangxi, Yu Fuping, Ji Yuren

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Can low altitude economy development bring economic and environmental dividends? --evidence from Chinese cities 低空经济发展能否带来经济和环境红利？——来自中国城市的证据

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Journal of Air Transport Management Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102919

Jun Tang

{"title":"Can low altitude economy development bring economic and environmental dividends? --evidence from Chinese cities","authors":"Jun Tang","doi":"10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102919","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102919","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Despite the promising development of the low-altitude economy, its economic and environmental effects remain largely unexplored. This study investigates the effects of a low-altitude economy on economic growth and environmental protection and its mechanisms. Based on the panel data of 282 Chinese cities from 2012 to 2022, a synthetic difference-in-difference model and a causal mediator model are adopted to empirically test the effects of the low-altitude economy on total factor productivity and carbon emissions and its mechanisms. The findings indicate that (1) low-altitude economy enhances the city's total factor productivity while adding to the carbon emission intensity. (2) The low-altitude economy primarily drives economic growth through mechanisms such as technological innovation, resource allocation, and industrial upgrading. (3) The low-altitude economy influences carbon emissions by utilizing mechanisms related to energy efficiency and energy structure. Due to its reliance on fossil fuels, the low-altitude economy significantly offsets the contribution of energy efficiency enhancement to emission reduction. (4) Heterogeneity analysis reveals that the low-altitude economy exerts a more significant effect on plain regions, while its effect is more pronounced in regions with both high and low road network density.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14925,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Air Transport Management","volume":"131 ","pages":"Article 102919"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145358574","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}

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Real-time disruption recovery method for apron vehicles based on stability 基于稳定性的停机坪车辆中断实时恢复方法

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Journal of Air Transport Management Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102915

Danwen Bao , Zhuo Chen , Di Kang , Jiayi Zhou

{"title":"Real-time disruption recovery method for apron vehicles based on stability","authors":"Danwen Bao , Zhuo Chen , Di Kang , Jiayi Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102915","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102915","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates the problem of real-time recovery under disruptions such as apron vehicle failures and service delays. The first contribution is the introduction of the concept of spare vehicles, which enhances vehicle utilization and reduces depreciation costs. In addition, planning stability metrics based on service start-time deviation and vehicle routing deviation are designed to quantitatively evaluate the stability of recovery plans. The second contribution is the development of a Disruption Recovery–Dynamic Multi-Period Operational Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows (DR-DMPOVRPTW) model. This model considers the delay cost of flight service requests, the total service cost of apron vehicles, and the overall deviation cost. Building on this, a stability-oriented real-time disruption recovery method is proposed. The method introduces a decision mechanism to determine the necessity of recovery actions and designs three real-time recovery strategies from both local and global perspectives, thereby enabling the recovery of operational vehicle scheduling under various disruption scenarios. Large-scale case studies demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach. Compared with local adjustment strategies, global adjustments achieve a superior balance between solution quality and stability, reducing request response time by over 16 %, decreasing the total travel distance of apron vehicles by approximately 14 %, and lowering service start-time deviations by about 62 %. Furthermore, the stability metrics significantly mitigate disruptions to the original schedule, while the use of spare vehicles reduces their average travel distance by more than 40 %. Overall, the findings provide practical insights and empirical references for setting disruption recovery thresholds and determining the appropriate scale of spare vehicles in airport operations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14925,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Air Transport Management","volume":"131 ","pages":"Article 102915"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145358852","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}

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Electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft selection for ultra-short-haul routes: fuzzy AHP approach 超短程航线电动垂直起降飞机选择：模糊层次分析法

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Journal of Air Transport Management Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102909

Slavica Dožić , Jovana Kuljanin , Danica Babić , Milica Kalić , Jordi Pons-Prats

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Evaluating risk-based hazard corridors in air traffic controller decisions during space launch failures 航天发射失败时空中交通管制员决策中基于风险的危险走廊评估

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Journal of Air Transport Management Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102904

Wei Zhou , Zhengyi Wang , Sameer Alam , Leo Julius Materne , Thorsten Mühlhausen , Daniel Delahaye

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The effect of passenger-baggage arrival correlation on reclaim performance 旅客-行李到达相关性对提取绩效的影响

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Journal of Air Transport Management Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102926

John Beasley , Martin Kunc , Toni Martinez-Sykora , Chris N. Potts

{"title":"The effect of passenger-baggage arrival correlation on reclaim performance","authors":"John Beasley , Martin Kunc , Toni Martinez-Sykora , Chris N. Potts","doi":"10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102926","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102926","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Baggage reclaim processes have barely changed for decades, even though there have been many innovations in systems and processes for outbound baggage. Airport developers are increasingly asking if innovations in the baggage arrivals process are possible and whether they will deliver benefits in terms of either better utilisation of space or better passenger experience. Furthermore, the introduction of E-gates for immigration can lead to passengers reaching baggage reclaim more quickly which starts to expose limitations in the current arrivals baggage process. In this paper, analytical and discrete event simulation models of the arrivals process are developed. The analytical results offer useful “rules of thumb” when considering the sizing and performance of reclaim facilities and processes, while the discrete event model allows a wider range of scenarios to be modelled than can be handled analytically. The impact of the degree of correlation between the passenger and baggage arrival times at reclaim is investigated since this has a material effect on passenger waiting times. The impact of the degree of correlation on waiting times should therefore be considered when modelling the reclaim process. We find that a seat-order loading and unloading approach for bags can offer material reductions in passenger waiting times at reclaim, can be operationally plausible and does not require major changes to equipment or capital expenditure.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14925,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Air Transport Management","volume":"131 ","pages":"Article 102926"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145525875","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}

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Decision support for airfare forecasting using an evolutionary approach: Evidence on search engine data from Touristic agency 基于进化方法的机票预测决策支持：基于旅行社搜索引擎数据的证据

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Journal of Air Transport Management Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102917

Tsakonas Athanasios , C. Vasilakis , D. Charalampakis , E. Vasilakis , N. Thomaidis , G. Dounias

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Exploring the determinants of domestic air travel across Africa 探索非洲国内航空旅行的决定因素

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Journal of Air Transport Management Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102924

Tassew Dufera Tolcha , Eric Tchouamou Njoya , Panayotis Christidis

{"title":"Exploring the determinants of domestic air travel across Africa","authors":"Tassew Dufera Tolcha , Eric Tchouamou Njoya , Panayotis Christidis","doi":"10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102924","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102924","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines the determinants of domestic air travel demand within African countries, a region underrepresented in existing literature, which has predominantly focused on international routes or domestic travel in other continents. Using a gravity model, the study provides a comprehensive analysis that incorporates socio-economic variables and service-related factors. The findings indicate that domestic air travel demand is significantly influenced by socio-economic factors; specifically, larger educated populations and higher GDP per capita are positively associated with travel demand. The effect of government ownership of airlines on passenger demand is inconclusive: state ownership positively influences demand in Algeria, Ethiopia, and Morocco, but has a negative impact in Kenya, South Africa, and Nigeria. Service-related aspects also play a crucial role: higher flight frequencies, lower airfares, the presence of low-cost carriers (LCCs), and better connectivity positively influence domestic travel demand. These findings vary across countries, reflecting the diverse economic and infrastructural landscapes of Africa. The study highlights the importance of economic and infrastructural development in boosting domestic air travel across the continent. It suggests that policies aimed at supporting LCCs, enhancing airport connectivity, and promoting economic growth could effectively stimulate domestic air travel.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14925,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Air Transport Management","volume":"131 ","pages":"Article 102924"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145463150","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}

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Unveiling the psychological drivers of home-country Bias: Implications for passengers' behaviours toward national and foreign airlines 揭示母国偏见的心理驱动因素：对乘客对国内和外国航空公司行为的影响

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Journal of Air Transport Management Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102891

Hany Ragab , Ana I. Polo-Peña , Abeer A. Mahrous

{"title":"Unveiling the psychological drivers of home-country Bias: Implications for passengers' behaviours toward national and foreign airlines","authors":"Hany Ragab , Ana I. Polo-Peña , Abeer A. Mahrous","doi":"10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102891","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102891","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Despite strong field evidence highlighting the significant role of home-country bias in airline travel markets, academic and empirical research into its underlying psychological drivers remains limited. In light of ongoing geopolitical and economic disruptions, this study seeks to examine key psychological antecedents of home-country bias—specifically, passengers' national identity and ethnocentrism—and their influence on passengers' behaviours toward national versus foreign airlines. Additionally, the study investigates how passengers' perceptions of price fairness can moderate the potential effects of these constructs on passengers' actual purchase behaviour. Data were collected from 411 international passengers and analyzed using CFA and SEM via AMOS software. The findings indicate that national identity and ethnocentrism exert distinct and significant influences on passengers' behaviours toward both national and foreign airlines. Moreover, passengers' perceptions of price fairness were found to moderate the impact of these psychological factors on actual purchase decisions. The study concludes with outlining its theoretical contributions to the travel and hospitality literature and implications for airline service marketers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14925,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Air Transport Management","volume":"131 ","pages":"Article 102891"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144997675","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}

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Integrated optimization of airport slot allocation and boarding gate assignment 机场机位分配与登机门分配的集成优化

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Journal of Air Transport Management Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102930

Ning Wang, Manyu Li, Annan Zhao, Maolin Chen

{"title":"Integrated optimization of airport slot allocation and boarding gate assignment","authors":"Ning Wang, Manyu Li, Annan Zhao, Maolin Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102930","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jairtraman.2025.102930","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Addressing the challenge of increasing air travel demand within the context of limited resources requires a coordinated optimization of essential airport operations. Airport Slot Allocation (ASA) and Boarding Gate Assignment (GA) are two critical levers for enhancing airport operational efficiency. ASA deals with the strategic distribution of limited departure and arrival time slots among flights while considering the preferences of airlines. GA involves the practical assignment of aircraft to specific gates. Conventionally, both problems are studied in isolation, which overlooks their inherent interdependencies.</div><div>This paper investigates the integrated optimization of Airport Slot Allocation and Gate Assignment (ASA-GA), whose objectives are minimizing the total displacement of requested slots and the number of aircraft assigned to remote gates. A MIP model is established and an Adaptive Large-Scale Neighborhood Search (ALNS) algorithm is designed. Experimental based on real-world flight data demonstrate the performance of the proposed model and algorithm. The results show that the integrated optimization approach dramatically improves solution quality compared to handling the ASA and GA problems separately.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14925,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Air Transport Management","volume":"131 ","pages":"Article 102930"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145575891","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}

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