Anticipatory modulation of air navigation charges to balance the use of airspace network capacities

Radosav Jovanović, Vojin Tošić, Mirjana Čangalović and Milan Stanojević

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2014, vol. 61, issue C, 84-99

Abstract: Excess of air traffic demand over available capacity in certain segments of the European airspace network typically results in substantial delays imposed on airspace users, despite a possible parallel existence of underutilised adjacent network segments. Recent EU legislation lays down a performance scheme for air navigation services (ANS) and network functions, in an attempt to improve overall efficiency of the ANS, across the areas of safety, environment, capacity and cost-efficiency. It sets a framework for a possible introduction of incentive schemes which would drive the behaviour of involved stakeholders towards meeting the established performance objectives. In such a context, this paper examines an economic concept to incentivise a more efficient use of available network capacities. We put forward a method and develop a model for an anticipatory, time-dependent modulation of ANS charges, aiming to alleviate the demand-capacity imbalance on an airspace network, at minimal cost to airspace users. The proposed method is conceptualised as a bi-level optimisation problem, reconciling the perspectives of network manager and individual network users. The results of a medium-scale real-life case study indicate that an imposition of a revenue-neutral matrix of tolls and rebates on a congested airspace network may yield a fairly equitable route assignment, which seems capacity-wise more efficient than current administrative demand management practices.

Keywords: Airspace network; Capacity; Congestion; Charges; Modulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2014.01.005

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