The 2001 Workshop on Airline and National Strategies for Dealing with Airport and Airspace Congestion was held March 15-16, at the Inn and Conference Center in College Park, Md.
Airport and airspace congestion has become a national problem that seriously threatens the future growth, public standing and economic welfare of air transportation. Airlines have adopted a number of measures in response, ranging from lengthening scheduled gate-to-gate times to the development of dynamic strategies for the re-deployment of equipment and personnel in instances when delays become unacceptably large.
The National Center of Excellence for Aviation Operations Research (NEXTOR), The Global Airline Industry Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation) and the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland organized a conference on this subject. It brought together leading researchers, managers and planners from academia, government and industry.
Organizers: Michael Ball, University of Maryland; Amedeo Odoni, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sponsored by: NEXTOR, The National Center of Excellence for Aviation Operation Research; The Global Airline Industry Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (sponsored by the Sloan Foundation); and the Institute for Systems Research and the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland.
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Welcome | Michael Ball, University of Maryland | ||
The Extent of the Problem and Its Underlying Causes | |||
Airport and Airspace Capacity Constraints and the Prospects for Capacity Expansion | John Hansman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | ||
An Evaluation of Overall U.S. and European Airspace Capacity | George Donohue, George Mason University | ||
| George Donohue’s 3.15.01 testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation | | George Donohue, George Mason University | ||
National Trends in Airport Delays and Flight Cancellations | Cynthia Barnhart and Stephane Bratu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | ||
Impact on Airline Profitability and Service to the Public | |||
The Economic Impact of Airport Congestion | Martin Dresner and Robert Windle, University of Maryland | ||
The Impact of Airport Delays on Airline Costs | Peter Kostiuk, Logistics Management Institute | ||
Is it Safe? | Arnold Barnett, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | ||
ATC Operational Strategies | |||
Strategic Planning in Traffic Flow Management | Jack Kies, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration | ||
Improving System Performance through Collaborative Decision Making | Michael Ball, University of Maryland | ||
A Case Study of Delays and Response Strategies at Newark Airport | John-Paul Clarke and Anthony Evans, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | ||
Demand Management | |||
Demand Management Alternatives for Reducing Airport Delays | Amedeo Odoni and Terence Fan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | ||
Federal Issues Dealing with Demand Management | John Rodgers, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration | ||
Federal Regulatory Issues Related to Airport Demand Management | Scott Lewis, Palmer and Dodge | ||
Keynote Address | Jane Garvey, Administrator, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration | ||
Industry and Competitive Strategies I | |||
Short- to Medium-Term Airline Responses to Delays | Peter McDonald, United Air Lines | ||
Influence of Capacity Constraints on Airline Fleet Mix | Mark Hansen and Geoffrey Gosling, University of California, Berkeley | ||
The Changing Face of Aviation in View of Airport/Airspace Congestion | Bill Wangerien, Delta Airlines | ||
Industry and Competitive Strategies II | |||
Matching Capacity and Demand at LaGuardia Airport | William DeCota, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey | ||
How to Have Your Cake and Eat It Too: Public Policies on Airport Congestion | Glen Hauenstein, Continental Airlines | ||
National and International Policy Alternatives | |||
Future Capacity Developments | Steve Brown, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration | ||
Dealing with Airport and Airspace Congestion in Europe | Xavier Fron, EUROCONTROL | ||
A Market-Based Approach to ATC Modernization | Russ Chew, American Airlines | ||
Closing Remarks | Amedeo Odoni, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |