 Analysis of flight-operating costs and delays: The São Paulo terminal maneuvering areaMüller, C. and E.S.M. Santana Journal of Air Transport Management, 2008, vol. 14, issue 6, 293-296 Abstract: This paper considers aircraft in-flight delays and their costs in the São Paulo terminal maneuvering area, Brazil's busiest region for airborne operations. Different flow scenarios were constructed representing these operations based on simulations. Economic evaluation is based on average flight-operating costs and focuses on ground and in-flight operations originating or ending at Congonhas, São Paulo, and Viracopos international airports, the three busiest facilities in the region. Five scenarios are analyzed; two of which, one considering Guarulhos Airport's third runway and another the removal of slow airplanes from Congonhas Airport, result in considerable congestion and delay reductions. Three scenarios involving 10%, 20%, and 30% traffic reallocations from Congonhas to Guarulhos Airport were also analyzed and these suggest small delays in arrival and departure procedures are possible that would reduce airline-operating costs and increase the region's capacity. Keywords: São Paulo terminal maneuvering area; Simulation; Flight delay (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jaitra:v:14:y:2008:i:6:p:293-296 DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2008.04.013 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Air Transport Management is currently edited by Anne Graham More articles in Journal of Air Transport Management from Elsevier |
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