Multi-airport systems: a difficult balance
Airports are a source of economic prosperity, but the main airports in many cities are reaching the limits of their capacity. Faced with the difficulty of expanding them, the development of multi-airport systems may be a mechanism for adapting to the pressure of demand. However, multi-airport systems are difficult to develop, as there is no clear typology and they depend on local particulars. On the other hand, and perhaps more relevantly, airlines have few incentives to operate at secondary airports. In a liberalized market, airlines will always tend to concentrate their activity on main airports. In this article, we present these basic principles of functioning that make multi-airport systems a difficult balance, although an interesting one to try to achieve.
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César Trapote-BarreiraDoctorate in Engineering in Paths, Canals and Ports from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) and Executive MBA from ESADE. Currently Associate Professor at the UPC. He has developed his professional career in the field of strategy, operations and innovation in air travel. He has advised administrations and businesses and participated in research projects at a European level.
Pere Suau-SanchezDoctorate in Economic Geography from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Associate Professor at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Senior Lecturer at Cranfield University, and Graduate Faculty at Central Washington University. He has published numerous scientific articles in the field of air travel management. He has also advised public and private organizations in Europe, the UK and America, and has contributed to international media channels such as The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The Economist, CNN and BBC, among others.
