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      <title>Air Cargo System Planning Guide</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2024 20:20:41 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Modernizing Air Cargo Operations in U.S. Airports</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Air cargo contributes about 35 percent to the total value of the world’s cargo activity, making it a vital part of the supply chain. With the continued growth in e-commerce, spurred by the pandemic, many airports are experiencing increased cargo activity, including those that had limited or no cargo activity previously. Yet air cargo facilities, supporting infrastructure, and operations at many of the nation’s airports are inadequate and inefficient. For example, cargo buildings are often insufficiently sized and have columns and small doors; cargo handling typically still relies on manual labor; and cargo tracking often includes paper waybills. Customers choose air shipment because of its implied expediency, yet these inefficiencies impact delivery times and reliability. Inefficiencies also potentially lead to higher costs, pollution and congestion from trucks, and safety issues. ACRP Report 143: Guidebook for Air Cargo Facility Planning and Development provides important guidelines for cargo facility development; additional research is needed to refine these guidelines and provide recommended practices for air cargo operations and handing.
 
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this research is to develop a standalone supplement to ACRP Report 143: Guidebook for Air Cargo Facility Planning and Development that accounts for changes to the industry since the publication of the original report in 2015.  The supplement should complement the original report and update relevant information and guidelines where appropriate.  The supplement should address not only airport planning and air cargo facilities, but also general air cargo operations that were not a focus of the earlier effort for ACRP Report 143.
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 15:37:18 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A Guide on the Economic Impacts of E-Commerce on Airports and Airport Stakeholders</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[BACKGROUND

The volume of e-commerce air cargo has increased in recent years. The relationships between airports and their stakeholders are evolving to accommodate emerging e-commerce supply chain needs that drive air cargo service strategies, investments, and modernized infrastructures to provide an efficient transportation experience. The supply chain relationships resulting from the subsets of air cargo within e-commerce activities, such as integrators (e.g., Amazon) and non-integrators (e.g., U.S. Postal Service), help influence decision-making. Some of the research gaps in the air cargo industry include addressing the lack of data collection for e-commerce cargo, understanding airports’ air cargo policies, and the economic impact of e-commerce to the airport’s local community, region, and abroad. This research will examine, at a minimum, the relationships of the airport e-commerce supply chain, strategies related to determining economic impacts, data collection, and potential opportunities and opportunity costs.

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this research is to develop a guide and research report about the supply chain relationships between airports and airport stakeholders. This research will enable airport industry professionals and governing bodies to formulate strategies and determine the economic impact of e-commerce activities on airports and their stakeholders. The research will examine potential opportunities and opportunity costs in e-commerce for the airport industry and its stakeholders. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2022 16:40:07 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Strategic Decision Support for Airport Capacity Planning</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Airside performance at major airports is affected by a large number of interacting factors in three major spheres of airside activity: (1) airport operations control (AOC), (2) maintenance services, and (3) air traffic control (ATC). AOC is responsible for assignment of preferred parking sections (with associated terminal gates). It is also responsible for sending planes to alternative parking spots when there is not a gate available in the preferred section for an arriving aircraft. Maintenance personnel provide turnaround services and deploy tractors for pushbacks at gates and for airlines that require such service. ATC determines how runways are used for arrivals and departures according to wind conditions and coordinates aircraft traffic for safe operation. Smooth operation requires close cooperation among these three spheres of activity. In this report, we describe a discrete-event simulation model and supporting analytical tools designed to help airport planners, operations directors, and air traffic control specialists collaborate in maximizing airside performance.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2016 09:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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