Abstract
Accurate measurement of airport operational efficiency and the analysis of key influencing factors can provide theoretical references for regional airport planning and air traffic management. Many studies are conducted on the operational efficiency of airports in the region, but little attention is paid to their interactions. To fill this gap, this paper measures the operational efficiency of airports in four major cities in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) region, and on this basis, the spatial Durbin model is used to explore the influencing factors and spillover effects of airport operational efficiency based on two aspects: airport physical characteristics and regional characteristics. The study demonstrates that the efficiency of airport operations has a significant negative spillover effect, indicating that the efficiency of neighboring airports evolves in a competitive interaction. In terms of direct effects, the number of flights, the number of destinations, airport capacity utilization and GDP are important factors affecting airport efficiency. In terms of spillover effects, this paper found that the population and income positively affect the efficiency of local airport operations, while the number of flights and airport capacity utilization effects have negative effects.
Highlights
With the increasing demand for transport services, the civil aviation transport industry rapidly developed world-wide
Airports are commonly regarded as an important infrastructure for the local municipality to promote regional economic development, while the improvements in airport efficiency and competitiveness are considered critical for airport management
This paper uses the super-slack-based measure (SBM) method to measure the operational efficiency of airports in four major cities in the Yangtze River Delta region during 2009–2018
Summary
With the increasing demand for transport services, the civil aviation transport industry rapidly developed world-wide. In order to meet the increasing tourism-related activities of future air transport growth within MAR, the regional airport authority needs to improve airport efficiency and competitiveness and needs to consider its interdependence with nearby airports on its own airport traffic to achieve better air traffic management. Under the pressure of competition for air traffic demand, the measurement of airport efficiency has become the focus of a large number of studies. To improve the overall efficiency of the MAR, it is necessary to rely on the coordination and cooperation among the airports within the MAR. Whether the input and output of the airports within the MAR are appropriate or not will affect air transport efficiency of each individual airport, but it will affect the overall efficiency of the MAR. Previous studies show that the most common variables comprise airport capacity
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