Sustainability Performance Appraisal for Airports Serving Tourist Islands

Aristi Karagkouni () and Dimitrios Dimitriou
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Aristi Karagkouni: Department of Economics, Democritus University of Thrace, 69100 Komotini, Greece
Dimitrios Dimitriou: Department of Economics, Democritus University of Thrace, 69100 Komotini, Greece

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 20, 1-16

Abstract: Air transport infrastructure development is crucial for economic and social growth. Regional airports connecting remote, tourist destinations such as islands provide important services and boost global and local commerce networks. Airport authorities intend to maximize expansion while limiting environmental impacts. Regional airports may achieve efficient environmental management by applying sustainable practices and developing long-term strategies. The purpose of this paper is the development of an in-depth comparison and assessment of the environmental sustainability performance of a number of regional airports in terms of the environmental impacts that are caused by their operations and their demand patterns. The evaluation methodology is based on the identification of evidence about the incorporation of key environmental management performance aspects in the environmental reports of the top five regional tourist airports in the Mediterranean islands. The most important finding was that airports, despite requiring an efficient and forward-thinking environmental management plan in order to address the environmental impact that they have, do not prioritize their environmental performance management issues. The conventional wisdom is to provide a framework for evaluating tourist airports’ performance toward environmental mitigation efforts, promote best practices, and benchmark sustainability for regions heavily dependent on tourism.

Keywords: sustainable development; activity-based evaluation; environmental sustainability; performance appraisal; tourist airports (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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