Aviation 2008.
(Book - Regular Print, Online Content)

"Journal of the Transportation Research Board."

"A peer-reviewed publication."

Papers sponsored by Aviation Economics and Forecasting Committee, Airfield and Airspace Capacity and Delay Committee, Aircraft-Airport Compatibility Committee, and Light Commercial and General Aviation Committee.

Includes bibliographical references.

This collection of 14 papers explores the following aviation topics: evaluating airline service quality; forecasting air taxi, commercial airline, and automobile demand in the U.S.; comparison of low-cost and full-service carriers in southeast Asia; cost of U.S. aviation infrastructure; short-haul airline crew rostering; segmentation and positioning analysis for international air travel market; airport taxi-out prediction using approximate dynamic programming; multifactor model for predicting U.S. airport delays; statistical comparison of passenger trip delay and flight delay metrics; time-based separation rules for landing aircraft; strategy for airline recovery from schedule perturbation and for mitigation of airport congestion; geographic information system application to airfield infrastructure system management and maintenance; sensitivity analysis of engineered material arrestor systems to aircraft and arrestor material characteristics; and comparative analysis of regional airline industry in Europe and North America.

Abstracts available, with full papers for purchase, at trb.metapress.com.