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Aviation Design and Innovation (Hardcover)
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Aviation Design and Innovation (Hardcover)
Series: The International Library of Essays on Aviation Policy and Management
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In order to facilitate the safe, efficient and cost effective
exchange of passengers and cargo between ground and sky airports
require the provision of adequate runways, aircraft manoeuvring
areas, cargo sheds and passenger processing facilities. Airports
are capital intensive facilities and planning errors which result
in the over or under-provision of capacity are both costly and
problematic to rectify and so understanding the optimal
configuration of passenger terminals is paramount. Of course, the
design of passenger terminal buildings is influenced not only by
levels of demand, the commercial requirements of airlines and
tenant companies, the availability of investment funds and
political influence but also by the aircraft that will be using the
facility both now and in the future. Indeed, the introduction of
the first generation of passenger jets in the 1950s and
higher-capacity wide-bodied aircraft in the late 1960s required not
only the expansion of gate areas and passenger processing
facilities but also the introduction of new technologies such as
the travelator, the baggage reclaim carousel and the airbridge. The
introduction of the A380 'Super Jumbo' into revenue passenger
service in 2007 similarly demanded a reconfiguration of the
airports it serves and practitioners need to be cognisant of the
options for accommodating a new generation of large aircraft. While
large aircraft generally require a lengthy turn around period
between flights and the extensive provision of expensive fixed
ground support infrastructure, low cost carriers pursue a business
model based on very short turnarounds and minimal use of airport
infrastructure assets such as airbridges. One of the main
challenges facing airport operators is how to accommodate the
diverse and dynamic requirements of different operators and these
issues are addressed in this Volume. Traditionally, aircraft were
made and manufactured by small companies within one country but as
costs have increased and technology has become more sophisticated,
a relatively small number of manufacturers, which are supported by
international supply chains, have come to dominate the commercial
aircraft market. Originally, all aviation jet fuels were derived
from crude oil. However, concerns about future oil supply and
energy security combined with the need to improve aviation's
environmental performance and sustainability has driven the
development of alternative fuel sources. However, the development
and adoption of alternative aviation fuels is not straightforward
and the Volume examines the opportunities and challenges of
widespread biofuel adoption in terms of production capacity,
emissions reductions, cost and commercial viability. The final
essays in this Volume address business model innovation in the
airline and airport sector and include considerations of the future
evolution of low cost carriers, the potential for airline-airport
alliances and the development of multi-airport multinational
operating companies.
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