Cooperation has been identified as an essential requirement for the strategic
performance of air transport organisations. From an academic perspective, the debate on
theory and practice of such cooperation mainly centres on questions regarding aspects
of the
increasingly strategic alliances among airlines. Recent developments in the air
navigation service (ANS) industry, point towards a new organisational philosophy for
ANS
provision, which would incorporate the concept of international cooperation.
This research shifts the focus and
expands the growing body of knowledge in air
transport cooperation, by exploring comprehensively, from ~a strategic management
perspective, the area of cooperation involving air-navigation service providers (ANSPS),
which potentially could improve service provision and reduce costs -in the future.
The research
presented in this thesis follows a conceptual path, beginning with, an
analysis of air transport cooperation literature in great detail, to extract lessons
applicable for ANSPS in their quest to cooperate. The ANS business model and its a
international
regulatory environment are .examined comprehensively to get an overview
of how these are
evolving and discover the underlying traits. From a empirical
perspective, findings of two consecutive questionnaire surveys performed on ANSPs are
presented, to develop insights into and understanding of, the current status and the
future direction of
cooperation in the key areas of ANS and cooperation between
ANSPs and their
industry partners. Having identified the future direction of
cooperation, together with a critical review of the associated drivers and barriers to
cooperation, enables the research, to develop solution methods in the form of
recommendations to the stakeholders on how to enhance cooperation in ANS.
The
findings indicate conclusively that future progress is dependent on the scale and
dynamics of the ANS industry, including the strategies ANSPs employ to interact with
the
regulatory and public bodies. Furthermore, cooperation to date has been driven by
operational requirements to improve operational efficiency. Strategic cooperation does
not come
naturally° but is now being driven by commercialisation objectives -and is
supported in 'Europe by changes in the regulatory framework. Where cooperation is
likely to significantly impact the core business there are still significant issues outside
the control of the ANSPS, and which require intervention from political and other
stakeholders to
collectively devise a outcome. This research highlights that
standardisation is
a key strategic issue for the industry as' more benefits and intense'
cooperation can be expected, after standardisation is achieved in procedures,
technology, air traffic control training content and safety management system product.
To
investigate another interesting aspect of this research, the European air traffic
management (ATM) was examined in order to compare it with the South East (SE) Asia
ATM situation. To
support the point, that cross border rationalisation initiatives require
a related business case as a
complementary planning tool to build an economic
argument against political barriers, this research developed a comprehensive sample
business case methodology incorporating a quantitative cost benefit analysis which was
used to validate the recommendation that SE Asian ANSPS consolidate the entire
regions CNS infrastructure into a Regional CNS Organisation.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:CRANFIELD1/oai:dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk:1826/10733 |
| Date | 06 1900 |
| Creators | Singh, M. |
| Contributors | Fewings, Rodney |
| Publisher | Cranfield University |
| Source Sets | CRANFIELD1 |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or dissertation, Doctoral, PhD |
| Rights | © Cranfield University, 2006. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the written permission of the copyright holder. |
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