[pt] As mudanças na regulamentação mundial do transporte aéreo, observadas nas últimas duas décadas, trouxeram tanto um desafio como um estímulo aos sistemas de distribuição de mercadorias, com ampliação dos volumes transportados, associado à redução de distâncias. Com isso, a competição obrigou as companhias aéreas a serem mais eficientes. Nesse aspecto, a utilização de pontos consolidadores de carga em suas redes de transporte, os hub, passaram a ser uma opção de redução de custos e otimização dos recursos operacionais. O presente trabalho tomou como base os dados do Departamento de Aviação Civil (DAC) para transporte de carga entre os 32 aeroportos de carga brasileiros, como também sua agregação nas cinco regiões geográficas do País. A formulação agregada serviu como teste para um futuro estudo que envolveria todos os aeroportos. A aplicação piloto evita usar um modelo de otimização, fazendo uma enumeração de todas as alternativas, com apoio de uma planilha de dados, de modo a identificarse um único hub. / [en] The changes in air transportation regulation implemented in the last two decades, brought both a challenge and a stimulus to the merchandise distribution systems, with a sizable increase in the transported volumes and a reduction in travelled distances. As a consequence, competition imposes more efficiency to the air companies. The cargo consolidation points in the transport network, the hub, are a definite requirement for cost reduction and optimization of their operational assets. The present research has collected data in Departamento de Aviação Civil (DAC) about the 32 Brazilian cargo airports as well as its aggregation among the five geographic regions of the country. The aggregated formulation was used as a test for a future study including all airports. The pilot application avoids the use of an optimization model but rather, using an Excel software, makes total enumeration of all alternatives to find a single hub proposal.

Der Ausbau mehrerer Flughäfen in Deutschland sowie die Installation neuer Flugrouten belasten die Bevölkerung mit Lärm. Die Wertänderung von Immobilien gilt als allgemeiner Indikator für die Folgen der Lärmbelastung. Die letzten Jahre brachten eine Zäsur in der Erforschung der Fluglärmwirkungen. Es sind mit den Internetportalen wie Immobilienscout 24 neue umfangreiche Datenquellen verfügbar. Diese wurde 2012 und 2013 in vier neuen Studien ausgewertet. Die Ergebnisse der neuen Studien werden vorgestellt. Wichtige Ergebnisse lauten: Die ältere Literatur wird hinsichtlich des NSDI (Noise Sensitivity Depreciation Index) bestätigt. Werte von 0,7 bis 1,2 können verifiziert werden. Auch Flugrouten verursachen Wertminderungen. Die Wertminderungen betragen etwa 100 Euro/m2 Wohnfläche pro Kilometer mehr Nähe zum Flugroutenzentrum (etwa 3% des Immobilienwertes). Wertminderungen hängen ab von der Intensität der öffentlichen Diskussion. Über- und unterschießende Effekte sind zu beobachten. Wertminderungen durch neue Flugrouten sind größer als Werterhöhungen durch entfallende Flugrouten. / The development of several airports in Germany as well as the introduction of new flight routes is a strain on most citizens. The change in value of real estate property is widely acknowledged as the general quantitative indicator of the consequences of noise pollution and congestion. In recent years new research on the effects of noise pollution has signified a turning point. Internet portals such as the German Immobilienscout 24 made available new data sources for possible investigation. Evaluation of this data was carried out in four new studies. This paper presents the results of these data analyses. The most important findings are: Older literature findings can be confirmed regarding the NSDI (Noise Sensitivity Depreciation Index). Values of 0.7 to 1.2 can be verified. Flight routes provoke a depreciation in value of real estate. The impairment loss is roughly 100 Euro/m² of living area per kilometer distance to the nearest flight route center (3% of the real estate value). Such depreciation in value reacts to the intensity of the public discourse. Over- and undershooting effects have been found. The depreciation due to newly introduced flight routes is larger than the appreciation due to terminated old flight routes.

The master thesis deals with the application of delivery conditions in the maritime and air transport which was done in forward company Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Ltd. The theoretical part describes air and maritime transport focusing on development in Europe. The international interpretative rules INCOTERMS 2010 were discussed. The practical part explains application of delivery conditions by using business cases from company Hellmann. This part includes their comparison. Export and import operations were chosen on route Europe and Far East.

The diploma thesis analyses information technologies in the air transport industry, primarily global distribution systems. The first part of the thesis focuses on basic terms of information technology and introduces subjects of the air transport industry, which are air traffic control, airlines and airports. The second part of the thesis describes all information technologies, which are used by above mentioned subjects for organization and operation of air transport. This part is mostly dedicated to global distribution systems, which are inessential for distribution of air transport.

The thesis deals with the issue of cooperation amongst air carriers. There are mentioned several forms of cooperation in this field: bilateral agreements, global airline alliances and also very specific and current ways of cooperation which are mergers and acquisitions. The last mentioned forms are illustrated on specific examples of important European airlines which decided to improve their competitiveness by joining other air carrier or acquiring relevant stake in other airline. The trend of concentration in the aviation area has naturally affected Czech air transport market as well; therefore this thesis includes a separate chapter concerning acquisition of Czech Airlines by Korean Air which bought a 44 % stake in Czech flag air carrier. There are analyzed in detail the main impacts of the transaction from different points of view, including potential synergistic effects resulting from the cooperation. The thesis also deals with the recently established cooperation between Czech Airlines and its rival airline Travel Service which plans to buy a 34 % stake in Czech national airline and to become its legitimate shareholder besides Korean Air. The thesis includes an analysis of cooperation with this company as well.

This master thesis focuses on selected concepts of air transport, which have a potential of increasing the competitiveness of the sector. The main objective of this paper is to analyze and quantify the economic and environmental benefits of introducing the electronic taxiing concept and the Free Route Airspace concept under conditions of use in the Czech Republic. First two parts of the thesis describe the theoretical background and important international aviation organizations. The main part describes the concepts, the methodology of benefit analyzes and presents the results. The results of analyzes show the main benefits of introducing both the concepts and the economic impact in case of airlines in the form of cost savings associated with fuel and environmental impact in terms of reducing the amount of produced gas emissions.

The diploma thesis deals with the marketing strategy of low cost airlines. The theoretical part describes low cost air transport and also define marketing tools. The practical part is focused on the low cost airline Wizz Air. In practical part of the work is included a questionnaire survey. Based on the findings, were proposed possible marketing improvements for Wizz Air airline.

International air transport has been one of the most highly regulated and restrictive industries in the world, governed by bilateral air services agreements (BASAs). More recently progressive liberalisation, through the gradual removal of regulatory restrictions, has taken place in major air markets of the world. In Africa, more than a decade ago, African leaders agreed to liberalise the intra-African aviation market through the Yamoussoukro Decision (YD) of 2000 but its full potential across the Continent has not yet been realised. Many studies worldwide have been done on air liberalisation and its impact on air traffic flows but very few include Africa. This study focuses on the impact on air passenger traffic flows of South Africa’s aviation policy in Africa by investigating the link between South Africa’s aviation policy, as reflected in the design of its BASAs, and air passenger traffic flows over an 11 year period (2000 to 2010). A mixed research methodology was followed. Qualitatively, a two-round Delphi technique was employed to determine the views of aviation experts from academia, the public and private sectors, on features of BASAs, as well as those unrelated to BASAs, that have an influence on air passenger traffic flows between country-pairs in Africa. Twenty-five BASA features and 48 non-BASA factors were identified from which a conceptual framework was formulated. The quantitative phase aimed at estimating and statistically quantifying the impact of the degree of restrictiveness or liberalisation of the respective BASAs, as measured by four variants of the Air Liberalisation Index (ALI): STD, 5th+, DES+ and OWN+. It also aimed at identifying which specific provisions of BASAs had the most significant impact on air passenger traffic flows. A fixed one-way panel regression technique was applied to the selected 11 year panel data set of 42 African countries, representing five markets: intra- African; the SADC; West African; East African and North African. A number of other predictors were also identified which meant that the impact of the aviation policy on air passenger traffic flows could not be tested in isolation: the degree of liberalisation of the policy as measured by the ALI; the number of years BASAs have been in place; GDP; the presence of a low-income country; the magnitude of services trade flows; and population size. The simultaneous impact of the six predictors was tested in each of the five markets with the various markets showing different predictors as being statistically significant. In the intra-African and SADC regional markets these were Trade, ALI and GDP; in the East African market Low Income, Trade, ALI and Population but in the North African market only GDP. Where the impact of the aviation policy was found to be significant, individual provisions such as fifth freedom traffic rights, capacity, designation and cooperative arrangements were tested for their impact on air passenger traffic over two time periods: 2000 – 2010 and 2006 – 2010. These also proved to be significantly different for the various regions. The results of this research provide new insights into the relationship between air passenger traffic flows and aviation policy in the South African – intra-African and regional contexts. The research technique used in the South African – intra-African market expands on the established cross-sectional 2005 QUASAR database, laying a foundation for similar studies in other regions where impact of policy over time can be established. / Thesis (DCom)--University of Pretoria, 2012. / Tourism Management / unrestricted

The diploma thesis "Global cities in the air transport system" is focused on the importance of global cities for the international airline network. The first chapter defines significant clasification of the global cities and subsequently, the operational ranking is created based on the three selected rankings of global cities. Second chapter is dedicated to the system of air transport and also defines the main air transport hubs in particular world regions. Following chapter analyses transportation outputs of the airports of global cities and its growth in years 2004 - 2008 based on the economic level of each state. It also identifies factors that have the highest influence on the air transport outputs within the frame of global cities. In last chapter, the selected global cities are ranked by their connectivity within airline network based on the results of analysis of airline connectivity of global cities. In the conclusions the importance of the global cities for international airline network is summarised.

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(経済学) / 甲第19466号 / 経博第535号 / 新制||経||277(附属図書館) / 32502 / 京都大学大学院経済学研究科経済学専攻 / (主査)教授 文 世一, 教授 森 知也, 教授 依田 高典 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Economics / Kyoto University / DFAM