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Assessment of passenger benefits brought about by international airport projects

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  • Nakagawa, Dai
  • Aoyama, Yoshitaka
  • Ito, Tadashi
  • Nishizawa, Hiroyuki

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This study sets forth a method to calculate the passenger benefits of an international airport project and assesses the passenger benefits brought about by two international airport projects. An international airport project mainly increases the number of flights and the possibility of determining convenient timetables. It does not significantly decrease the flight time of international travel. Thus, the user benefits brought about by an international airport project cannot be expressed by the conventional concept of 'traveling time', which is the term generally used. In this study, the 'Expected Value of Traveling Time' and 'Expected Value of Generalized Cost' are presented as indexes to evaluate improvements in convenience brought about by international airport projects. The passenger benefits of two airport projects in Japan are measured by consumer surplus calculated from the demand function using these indexes. These indexes are accurately calculated taking into consideration factors such as scheduling connections between domestic and international transport, and so enable a grasp not only of reductions in flight time, but also of passenger benefits resulting from international airport projects, such as increases in the number of flights and reductions in the time required to make transfers during domestic travel.

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  • Nakagawa, Dai & Aoyama, Yoshitaka & Ito, Tadashi & Nishizawa, Hiroyuki, 2005. "Assessment of passenger benefits brought about by international airport projects," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 12(6), pages 512-524, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:trapol:v:12:y:2005:i:6:p:512-524
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