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This book presents, for the first time, a comprehensive analysis and assessment of sustainability of the contemporary civil air transport system, examining its three main components: airports, air traffic control, and airlines. It offers an in-depth examination and quantitative insight into the system's current and prospective structure and operations, as well as the related effects and impacts.
List of contents
Contents: Preface; The science and policy of sustainability; Performances of the air transport system; The sustainability of the air transport system; Modelling sustainability of the air transport system; Epilogue; Index.
About the author
Dr Milan Janic is an air transport and traffic engineer and planner. He is currently a senior researcher in air transport, and research programme leader of the Transport & Infrastructure section at OTB Research Institute, Delft University of Technology. Before this he held positions at Manchester Metropolitan University (UK), Loughborough University (Transport Studies Group) (UK), and The Institute of Transportation (Ljubljana, Slovenia). Dr Janic has been involved in aviation research and planning national and international projects for about 25 years. He has also written many papers for scientific and professional journals, and conferences, as well as the book 'Air Transport System Analysis and Modelling: Capacity, Quality of Services and Economics'. He is a member of the Delft Aviation Centre (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands), the Air Transport Research Society (ATRS), and the Airfield and Airspace Capacity and Delay Committee of the Transportation Research Board (Washington DC, USA).
Summary
This book presents, for the first time, a comprehensive analysis and assessment of sustainability of the contemporary civil air transport system, examining its three main components: airports, air traffic control, and airlines. It offers an in-depth examination and quantitative insight into the system's current and prospective structure and operations, as well as the related effects and impacts.
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'A timely analysis of the sustainability of the world's air transport system, examining the airlines, airports, and air traffic control, as well as aerospace manufacturers, local and national communities, policymakers, users (passengers and air freight shippers) and the general public.' Airways, July 2008 'It left us with a better appreciation of the needs and promises for incorporating sustainability into contemporary practices of air transportation.' Transportation Research Part C 17 (2009) 'This book presents, for the first time, a complete analysis and evaluation of the sustainability of actual civil air transport systems, analyzing three main components: airports, air traffic control and airline companies.' Aviador, no 52, 2009
