征稿期刊

Research in Transportation Economics

期刊级别

SSCI (JCR 2023)

IF 4.6

Q1 (ECONOMICS 60/597)

Q1 (TRANSPORTATION 13/57)

征稿主题

The economics and management of multi-airport regions

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In 2019 (that is, pre-COVID-19), the World Economic Forum produced a list of the future Top 10 Cities in terms of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This list includes Chicago, Los Angeles and New York in the US, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Shenzhen in China, London and Paris in Europe, and Tokyo in Japan. Beyond the economic wealth, these cities are all located within multi-airport regions (MARs) containing many of the most important airports according to the various airport rankings provided by the Airport Council International. Since the 1980s, more than 300 regions around the globe can be classified as MARs.

Airports are important for local economic activities. An inefficient MAR can, therefore, be associated with high social costs. Inefficiencies can be caused by misallocation and quantity effects. The former captures that, for a given output of passengers or air cargo services, the allocation of business activities across airports inside the MAR is not welfare maximizing. The latter is concerned with the optimality of the total output, which can be too high causing excessive airport congestion or environmental damage.

Airports inside MARs are often under centralized control or subject to coordination. One way of coordinating air traffic at specific airports, whether in MARs or not, is airport slots. These slots allow airlines to use an airport and the required infrastructure to operate a flight at specific days and times of the day. Limiting the number of slots reduces air traffic and control related airport congestion. According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), there are now more than 200 airports worldwide using airport ports. While the absolute number may seem small compared with the 9,300 civilian international and domestic airports listed on airports-list.com, they are among the most important airports. IATA estimates that about 50% of all passengers depart from an airport using airport slots.

Whereas airport slots only limit flight numbers, other policies and traffic distribution rules exist which discriminate between types of air services. Such traffic distribution rules are often described as perimeter rules. They may restrict the supply of long-haul or international flights from specific airports within MARs, favouring short-haul or domestic flights. For instance, three airports have been under the perimeter rules in the US: LaGuardia Airport in the New York MAR, Reagan National Airport in the Washington DC MAR, and Dallas Love Field Airport in the Texas MAR. Policy makers may even consider implementing airline specific traffic distribution rules to protect incumbent airlines from competing rival newcomer airlines.

This special issue aims to compile novel research to better understand the relationships among airports (inside MARs, across MARs, and inside and outside MARs), and the role of MARs across the different modes of transport (for instance, high-speed railways). The goal is to improve economic-policy and managerial-decision making in MARs.

重要时间

Submission Deadline: 1 April 2025

原文：https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/research-in-transportation-economics/about/call-for-papers#the-economics-and-management-of-multi-airport-regions