27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-5.1.2

IMPACT OF AIRPORT NOISE REGULATIONS ON NETWORK TOPOLOGY AND DIRECT OPERATING COST OF AIRLINES

P. N. Dikshit, D. A. DeLaurentis, W. A. Crossley
Purdue Univ., USA

Keywords: airport, noise regulations, airlines, network topology, operating cost

Growing community awareness of the consequences of noise exposure has led to the imposition of airport noise regulations. This study uses a network forecasting algorithm, resource allocation problem and an airport noise model to investigate the impact of noise regulations on the network topology and direct operating costs of airlines.

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