CASE ANALYSIS eight

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CONGESTION 3

Congestion in Airport

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Introduction

The importance of Airports and Terminal Airspace in the recent past has continued to grow to meet the demands of globalization. People have continued to use planes to travel far distances for business, visits, and vacation among other activities leading to congestion. According to Roosens (2008), “A proxy that can be used to indicate airport congestion is given by airport departure delays (138).” Therefore, airport congestion is one of the reasons delays have been reported in different airports across the globe.

Problem

Congestion is one of the main problems affecting airports when the capacity exceeds infrastructures, which leads to traveling delays, inconveniences, and losses. One of the causes of congestion in airports is the legal policies that have been adopted in different countries (Zhong et al. 2017). The legal policies are adopted to ensure the security of people and cargos transported by planes resulting in congestion in airports. Another problem that leads to congestion is peak season like summer when people are travelling in large numbers (Simeonova et al. 2018). Weather conditions and security issues have been contributing to congestion in airports.

Significance of the problems

Congestion is one of the reasons delays have been rampant in airports in the recent past limiting the effectiveness and convenience of airports. Congestion poses a threat to security in airports making it important to address the issue (Brander & Cook, 2020). In the current times, COVID 19 virus is threatening the planet and congestion in airports is a threat to human health.

Development of alternatives

Alternative 1: expand aircraft infrastructure

The first alternative that can help do decongest airports is expanding the available infrastructure (Brander & Cook, 2020). Advantages - the positive effect of expanding the airport is to accommodate more people and more aircraft (Brander & Cook, 2020). secondly, more aeroplane would help to ease congestion and delays in airports. Disadvantages - the disadvantage of expanding the airport is that the process is cost-intensive especially for companies the experience saturation seasonally. Secondly, some airports only experience congestion in high season making infrastructure expansion unnecessary.

Alternative 2: using advanced technology

The second alternative that can help ease congestion in airports is using advanced technology in their operations (Brander & Cook, 2020). Advantage - advanced technology helps companies to process information and process of travel fast. Advanced technology help airports to detect problems easily and prevent them from causing congestion. The disadvantages of advanced technology include high cost and difficulty of acquisition. Using advanced technology involves using IT infrastructures, which poses data insecurities.

Recommendation

Therefore, I would recommend pricing strategies as the solution to end congestion in airlines (Brander & Cook, 2020). The pricing strategy would involve putting the price of air travel high and reduce demand (Brander & Cook, 2020). Low demand for air travel would help to reduce congestion in airports. The high cost of travel can allow airports to reduce demand but make enough money to cover operation cost.

References

Brander, J. R., & Cook, B. A. (2020). Air Transport Deregulation and Airport Congestion Problems: “Everybody Wants to go at the Same Time.” University of New Brunswick. 155-179.

Roosens P. (2008). “Congestion and Air Transport: a challenging phenomenon.” University of Antwerp. https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/268416115.pdf

Simeonova, E., Currie, J., Nilsson, P., & Walker, R. (2018). “Congestion pricing, air pollution and children’s health.” National Bureau of Economic Research.

Zhong, N., Cao, J., & Wang, Y. (2017). Traffic congestion, ambient air pollution, and health: Evidence from driving restrictions in Beijing. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 4(3), 821-856.