The airport relevance index: A new tool for advocacy and influence — the case of Toronto Pearson International Airport

Mike Brown
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Mike Brown: Imperial College London, UK

Journal of Airport Management, 2021, vol. 15, issue 4, 351-360

Abstract: Retaining and building social licence is critical to an airport’s success, but getting the attention of elected officials is becoming harder, particularly given the clamour of voices in the pandemic. Built from data that the airport likely already has, the Airport Relevance Index (ARI) is an affordable, quick and effective way of communicating the importance of the airport to politicians at the geographic level that means the most to them: their ward, district or riding. Using a case study of Toronto Pearson International Airport, an ARI is constructed to show how important the airport is to employment, business competitiveness and emissions reduction targets at the local level. Other dimensions can be easily added depending on the circumstances.

Keywords: social licence; post-pandemic recovery; community engagement; policy advocacy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M1 M10 R4 R40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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