System analysis of airport capacity and slot coordinatıon at Ataturk airport

Abstract

ABSTRACT Airline service is a huge and complicated process that needs to be handled, basically in a routine operation an airline has to have numbers of services in different level such as ground handling, passenger/cargo terminal service, airport navigation service, customs service, security service etc. In aviation sector, on time and adequate service is priority for airlines. Airline operation must be handled with great timing effort because producing and consuming take place at the same time. Therefore, to arrange each task in a proper way, airport capacity should be planned, monitored and managed in advance by assigning time, park position and boarding/unloading process. Airport capacity is detected with the assessment of construction of facilities and other factors affecting the capacity. After release of capacity this acquired capacity is allocated to the demanders according to specific conditions and privileges. This paper has three stages in general: In the first stage of this paper, the theoretical research of airport slot coordination system has been examined empirically. In the second part, with the data acquired by study in practice airport coordination, slot, slot types, slot allocation and slot allocation types has been stated with tables. In the final part of the study, the categorization of slot allocation was discussed and evaluated by employees working at both airport and airline business by means of in-depth interview. With analyzing the obtained results, the slot coordination system used in Ataturk Airport has been identified and on the purpose of improvement of system some recommendations have been made. Keywords: Airport, airport slots, factors affecting airport capacity, airport slot coordination system, slot allocation JEL Classification: L93, R41, L98.