Evaluation of Airport System of Systems from a Human Stakeholder Perspective using a Value Operations Methodology (VOM) Assessment Framework

This paper describes the development of the Airside Value Model. In the field of airport operations and airport performance measurement, there is much focus on ‘economical performance’. Additionally, Key Performance Indicators to assess airside operations are used, but these sets of KPIs are very diverse and the reasons for measuring them are...

Development of an Aircraft Routing System for an Air Taxi Operator

Setting up a Company Performance Measurement Methodology for the Aerospace Industry: Deduction from the Automotive Industry

Theories on value creation, co-innovation and co-development and lean enterprise have gained in popularity in recent times. This research has taken aim at extending the investigation on how to quantify companies’ capabilities in creating value for their stakeholders. A theoretical framework was adopted to build the performance measurement method...

Value Analysis of Engine Maintenance Scheduling relative to Fuel Burn and Minimal Operating Costs

The paper presents the results from a study in collaboration with an airline that looked at modeling the relationship of maintenance and fuel burn costs relative to minimizing the life cycle cost relative to schedule. The work has verified that the bucket theory presented in the paper is a correct and has a direct impact on the scheduling...

Modeling the effect of night time penalties on commercial and business flights for regional airport noise and economics: Rotterdam Airport case study

Noise is one of the main concerns of airports around the world. Several measures have been taken by regulators to reduce noise at airports. Some of these measures are meant to control noise at major or busy airports; however, certain operational restrictions (quota, curfew, and budget) are also implemented throughout the whole country regardless...

Aviation and the environment, rating airlines on their co2 efficiency

The aviation industry contributes about 2% to the total global manmade CO2 emissions, which is seen as the main (manmade) greenhouse gas inducing climate change. This paper focuses on the design of a CO2 rating system which makes it possible to make a fair comparison of the environmental performance of airlines with respect to CO2 on the basis...