11th World Conference on Transport ResearchWorld Conference on Transport Research Society · 2007 · 39 citations · 1 references
EngineeringTraffic FlowEnvironmental Impact AssessmentAir QualityAir Transport SystemOperations ResearchEuropean Air TrafficTraffic ManagementLogisticsSystems EngineeringEn-route Traffic OverloadTransportation EngineeringAir Traffic ManagementAerospace EngineeringCivil EngineeringBusinessAir PollutionComparative Environmental AnalysisCongestion Management
The regulation of European air traffic, as currently done by the Central Flow Management Unit (CFMU) and the regional Air Traffic Control Flow Management (ATFCM) cells, essentially consists of delaying on the ground all flights that may encounter congestion at some stage of their trip. This preventive strategy is based on the assumption that avoiding en-route traffic overload contributes to safety and that ground delays should, in theory, be cheaper than their en-route equivalent from the airspace users' viewpoint. This study performs a comparative environmental analysis of ground and en-route delays, along with assessing the corresponding costs.
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Ron Wit, B.A. Leurs, Davidson et al. · 2002 · 43 citations