Abstract
According to available data released by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in the period from 1990 to 2007, more than 94,743 collisions with birds occurred on the territory of US, UK and Canada. In some parts of the world bird population is significantly growing. Also, the number of aircraft operations has increased in recent decades, and more importantly, their increase is expected in the future as well. In these conditions, the number of aircraft collisions with birds is expected to grow. Bird strikes are affecting safety and also generate additional costs in air traffic. This paper will show what type of bird strike costs exist with focus on repair and withdrawal of bird strike costs. Repair and withdrawal costs due to bird strike are specific because they could vary from insignificant amount up to millions of dollars and because of its unpredictability.
Highlights
Wildlife strikes are everyday events in air transport and could have multiple and various effects on flight
In this paper focus will be on the costs of windshield damage considering that windshield is one of the most endangered part of the aircraft in the bird strike events
It is estimated that bird strikes cost the aviation industry more than 1 billion euro per year, as result from direct damage to aircraft and from delays and their associated costs following bird strikes per Evropska agencija za bezbednost vazdušnog saobraćaja (EASA)
Summary
Wildlife strikes are everyday events in air transport and could have multiple and various effects on flight. According to [3] seven percent of the bird strikes resulted in minor damage, while three percent resulted in serious damage to the aircraft. Except making damage bird strikes may cause delay or cancelation of flight, withdrawal from traffic for inspection and damage repair, crew or passengers injuring, extra costs and customers’ frustration. The distinctiveness of bird strike costs is its complexity and difficult separation from other costs in air traffic industry. Bird strike could have multiple effects and costs of such event will be calculated as sum of costs of single effects. In this paper focus will be on the costs of windshield damage considering that windshield is one of the most endangered part of the aircraft in the bird strike events
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