Managing Airports

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Routledge, May 16, 2012 - Business & Economics - 292 pages
Approaching management topics from a strategic and commercial perspective rather than from an operational and technical angle, Managing Airports, second edition, provides an innovative insight into the processes behind running a successful airport. It contains examples and case studies from airports all over the world to aid understanding of the key topic areas and to place them in a practical context.

The book:

* tackles the key airport management issues related to economic performance, marketing and service provision within the context of the industry's wider development
* systematically considers the impact that airports have on the surrounding community, from both an environmental and economic viewpoint
* analyses the contemporary trends towards privatization and globalization that are fundamentally changing the nature of the industry

Accessible and up-to-date, Managing Airports second edition, is ideal for students, lecturers and researchers of transport and tourism, and practitioners within the air transport industry. Airport case studies include those from BAA, Vienna, Aer Rianta, Amsterdam, Australia and the USA.

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Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
1
Chapter 2 The changing nature of airports
8
Chapter 3 Airport economics and performance benchmarking
54
Chapter 4 Service quality and its measurement
74
Chapter 5 The airportairline relationship
98
Chapter 6 The provision of commercial facilities
140
Chapter 7 The role of airport marketing
178
Chapter 8 The economic impact of airports
203
Chapter 9 The environmental impact of airports
219
Chapter 10 The impact of 11 September 2001 and future prospects
251
Index
272
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