1503NSC Airport Planning, Operations & Management - Master Plan Report

This report examines the significance, purpose, and challenges associated with developing airport master plans, with a focus on domestic and international airports. It evaluates the challenges airports face in planning for non-aeronautical revenue growth, interpreting the impact of airport security on this development. The report also explores strategies for managing non-aeronautical revenue in the future, emphasizing the importance of such revenue for airport profitability and service enhancement. Key challenges discussed include treating demand as an independent variable, ineffective integration of plans, heavy reliance on customers, privatization impacts on retail pricing, and heightened security measures. The report concludes that non-aeronautical revenues are crucial for financial growth and that effective master planning is essential for airport design and operational efficiency.

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Running head: AIRPORT PLANNING, OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT
Airport Planning, Operations and Management
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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Significance of airport master plan............................................................................................2
Purpose of airport master plan................................................................................................2
Evaluation of challenges faced for its development...............................................................3
Explanation of significance of non-aeronautical revenue for airports.......................................3
Challenges evaluated..............................................................................................................3
Interpretation of cahllnege of airport security............................................................................4
Strategies for managing non-aeronautical revenue in future..................................................4
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................5
Bibliography...............................................................................................................................6

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Introduction
The report is analysing the significance, the purpose and the challenges faced by the
airport authorities for development of main planning document. This is also evaluating the
challenges experienced by the airports in the planning for the development of the non-
aeronautical revenue in the future. The study is interpreting the airport security threat for the
development of non-aeronautical revenue by the airport authority (Magalhães, Reis, &
Macário, 2017) .The study should also depict the strategies for the management of non-
aeronautical revenue in future.
Significance of airport master plan
The airport master plan is important in identifying the needs and development
planning for the domestic as well the international airports operating at the domestic and at
the international level. The plan is useful in analysing the requirements for the new or the
airports under development for the anticipation by the airport authorities. It is essential in
reserving adequate resources for meeting the identified needs. It is also important in the
determination of the needs as well the programming development at the various airports. It is
useful in providing chances for the political facets and the general people of the particular
region or country to help in the development of airport planning as well (Schultz, Knabe,
Lorenz, Schmitz, & Kern, 2016).
Purpose of airport master plan
The main purpose of the airport master plan is the development of the planning of the
airports at the domestic and at the international level. The master plan has also the purpose of
determining the operational and the financial requirements of the airports. The master plan is
purposeful in making effective operational and strategic level decision making by the airport
authorities with the effective use of this plan (Malekpour, Brown, & de Haan, 2015). The
next purpose is that this master plan will be considering the needs and demands of the
stakeholders to be able to fulfil it. The master plan development also has the purpose of the
development of the safe and planned airports for the future by which the airline transportation
could make it effective and efficient for the public to access it on a regular basis.

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Evaluation of challenges faced for its development
Demand as independent variable- The demand is not treated as the dependent
variable, rather than it is treated as the independent variable It is quite obvious that for the
planning the economic resources are important to deliver. The financial forecasting for the
future use of the development of the master plan is required for the analysis of the supply and
demand equilibrium. This relationship is also holding it for the demand and supply in the
context of airport planning and design.
Ineffective integration of plans- It is seen that in the context of the development of the
airport master planning at the different levels is not effective and lacks integration. The
master plan is made at the different levels and there is no link up with the plans at the other
levels by the airport master planner.
Explanation of significance of non-aeronautical revenue for airports
It is important to note the fact that the non-aeronautical revenues are essential for the
consideration of proper and high quality development of the airports at the domestic and the
international level. The non-aeronautical revenues for airport help in enhancing the
profitability of the airports. It will help in the growth of the additional facilities, which is
provided to the customers all over the world. This is significant in improving the overall
performance of the airports at different levels with up gradation in the quality of the
maintenance level of the airports (Goodpasture & & Hubbell, 2016).
Challenges evaluated
Heavy responsibility on customers- It is obvious that for the past 2 decades, there is
the reduction in the aeronautical revenues due to the enhancement in non-aeronautical
revenues and it is specifically for the low cost carriers. With the increase in population there
is change in the movement of the customers which is changing the level of the non-
aeronautical revenues involving the car parking, F&B etc.

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Privatisation of airports on retail prices- The changing of the airport carrier control on
the private owned organizations has affecting the changes in the financial level of returns
getting to the private shareholders (Yokomi, Wheat, & Mizutani, 2017). This is increasing for
the non-aeronautical charges and this is making the increase in the retail prices.
High level of airport security- With the increase in the illegal activities over the
world, the high level of airport security is given. This high level of airport security is actually
reducing the non-aeronautical revenues for the airports.
Interpretation of challenge of airport security
The contemporary airport management when plans for the development and increase
in the non-aeronautical revenues, the airport security play a dominant role into it. It is
obvious that the airport security planning is dependent on the type of security is given to the
passengers in the different airports. The commercial spaces inside the airports should meet
with the needs of the airport security. The retail spaces inside the airports needs enhancement
as the passengers should get a proper and secured environment inside the airports at various
places. It is important that the designing of the security space inside the airport is
significantly challenging the contemporary airport management for dealing with the non-
aeronautical revenues. The application of the different security issues like the LAG issues
will definitely act as the challenges for the contemporary airport management to plan for the
non-aeronautical revenues for the airports at different levels (Moulds & Lohmann, 2016). The
development of the digital processes and the incubation of digital technologies will be able to
provide a straight challenge for the contemporary airport management in making an effective
plan for the development of non-aeronautical revenues.
Strategies for managing non-aeronautical revenue in future
There are various strategies involved in managing non- aeronautical revenues in
future. The development of the local colour is actually displaying the products from various
regions where the airports are located help in enhancing this type of revenue. The airports
without hampering the large spaces for operations inside the airports need to organize the
events without the use of the commercial areas (Fasone, Kofler, & & Scuderi, 2016). It is
useful in the determination of the proper pricing strategies for the products that is useful for
the generation of non-aeronautical revenues. The changes in the growth of the passengers
should be analysed regularly for managing this revenue in a better way in future.

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Conclusion
From the study, it is evident that the non- aeronautical revenues are essential for the
financial growth and performance of the contemporary airports located at various places. It
concludes that the development of master plan is making influencing the effectiveness of
planning and designing the airports at various levels.

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