Abstract
The virtual airport hub business model is an innovative solution supported by digital technologies; the implementation of which in continental air transport may lead to a reduction in energy consumption and to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. The prerequisites for the implementation of the described solution are as follows: striving to implement the GHG emission reduction strategy laid out in the Paris Agreement (2015) and the European Green Deal (2019) as well as the EU digitalization strategy (2020). The use of predictive analytics to identify the mobility needs of population and operational capabilities of the sector gives an opportunity to plan travel flows and to create an appropriate set of direct connections among regional airports every day. The results of the analysis of data from 2019 on the amount of energy consumption and GHG emissions indicate that in Europe, it would be possible to achieve reduce GHG emissions by 5% without reducing the number of passengers using air transport. The study was prepared after conducting literature studies, data analysis, and using the method of formulating scenarios. The proposed solution has the features of an innovative business model, the implementation of which allows for obtaining more favorable effects using already available resources.
Highlights
In response to the increasing environmental debt and the deepening of the phenomenon of climate instability, referred to as “climate warming”, a public policy called “Green Deal” was formulated, and since its implementation began, more and more attention has been paid to reducing GHG emissions
As long as zero emission is popularized in the aviation sector, the main challenge is to achieve reduction in energy consumption and reduce GHG emissions
The digital twin can be considered a attractive solution, which is widely described in the literature [2], in reference to the management of processes conducted in the air space [3]
Summary
In response to the increasing environmental debt and the deepening of the phenomenon of climate instability, referred to as “climate warming”, a public policy called “Green Deal” was formulated, and since its implementation began, more and more attention has been paid to reducing GHG emissions. The digital twin becomes a technology that allows the increase in the efficiency and effectiveness of economic processes For this reason, it can be expected to be popularized in the management of services provided upon request by a very large group of customers by a fairly large and institutionally decentralized group of service providers [4]. With the opening of new lines to other airports, they strengthened both their position and the position of a selected airport in their own country which became the basic communication hub in the “hub-and-spoke” system [12] The carriers of this group were focused on servicing various market segments (full service). The development of the activity of this new group of carriers referred to as low-cost carriers (LCC) resulted in the fact that, apart from the segments of business transport and quite exclusive tourist transport in intercontinental and continental routes, a mass segment of cheap tourist transport in continental routes was created, largely replacing the segment of charter transport flights organized by travel agencies [13]
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