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Title: DISCUSSION PANEL REPORT: AIRPORTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Accession Number: 00748109
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: The panel focused on the expected development of the aviation industry's supporting infrastructure, discussing and analyzing social, cultural, political and technological trends and economic statistics to develop alternative future scenarios for the industry forecasts. The panel sought to provide early identification of innovations over the next 10 years. Some of the issues considered were: Examining various global trends in commercialization and privatization of airports, air traffic control systems, and airlines and their impact on the U.S. scene, where these matters are handled differently; How regional jets, newer larger aircraft, and telecommunications technologies will affect airports and future demand forecasts; and What the 10-year impact of low-cost carriers will be on market demand. Capacity as well as environmental constraints at airports are widely understood throughout the industry, but by discussing the context of these issues within the broader framework of aviation system elements the panel was able to identify some pathmarks to the future. The panel reviewed the airport passenger demand forecasts and the aircraft activity at Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) facilities forecasts. The panel believed that the unconstrained growth projections by FAA are reasonable demand forecasts and are attainable if airports and related infrastructure, the supply-side of the equation, proves adequate to accommodate a near doubling of commercial passengers over the next 10 to 12 years. Demand is not uniform throughout the national system of airports, however. Significantly different growth rates occurring at various airports create the potential for capacity constraint choke points within the system. The panel examined both positive and negative supply side factors that FAA should consider, that may affect demand-side forecasts in the future. The panel focused on infrastructure-related factors which are seen as potential threats to the continued growth of air passenger demand, and those factors which represent opportunities to relax any potential constraints to growth.
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Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 00748099
Report/Paper Numbers: E-C001 Appendix
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Blomme, G WPagination: p. 48-54
Publication Date: 1998-2
Serial: Conference:
Tenth International Workshop on Future Aviation Activities
Location:
Washington, D.C. Media Type: Digital/other
TRT Terms:
Airport capacity; Airports; Aviation; Carriers; Constraints; Costs; Forecasting; Infrastructure; Jet transports; Low cost carriers; Markets; New products; Privatization; Regional jets; Regional transportation; Supply; Technological innovations; Telecommunications; Travel demand; Trend (Statistics); Urban growth; Workshops
Uncontrolled Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Aviation; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Apr 2 1998 12:00AM
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