Reconceptualization of Melbourne Airport Master Plan: A Value Analysis

This report critically evaluates the Melbourne Airport Master Plan, focusing on its features, objectives, and performance. It begins with an abstract, acknowledgment, and declaration, followed by a detailed table of contents. The introduction provides background information on airport master plans, their importance, and the specific context of Melbourne Airport. The literature review explores airport planning processes, cargo facility designs, land use, financial requirements, security measures, and environmental considerations. The methodology section outlines the approaches used for master plan improvement, including strategic planning, deployment architecture, and data analysis using SWOT analysis. The results and discussions chapter presents the findings, including passenger and aircraft movement data. The conclusion and recommendations section summarizes the key findings and suggests adjustments to the master plan. The report aims to add value to the existing master plan by assessing its strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for enhancement, ultimately contributing to the efficient and sustainable development of Melbourne Airport.

VALUE ADDED TO RECONCEPTUALIZATION OF ESTABLISHED MASTER PLAN
FOR MELBOURNE AIRPORT.
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ABSTRACT
An Airport Master is a planning tool that is utilized in establishing development plans of an
airport for longer periods of time.
The use of air transport has greatly evolved and there is a high demand in the air transport
services both for passengers and cargos. To meet all these demands, an airport management
should have viable and reliable plans which will be in a position to respond to the requirements.
Apart from having viable and efficient development plans, the master plan used by the airport
should provide a proper guideline which gives direction on the allocation and use of the available
resources within the industry to meet the demands effectively.
The Airport Master Plan should give an opportunity to the community and government to
participate in the developmental process of the industry. This is important because the impacts of
the industry affect them directly. Also, the state at some point will act as the funding organ at the
time of uncertainties.
The master plan despite providing the long-term development plans, it should also address the
immediate needs and the emerging issues in the industry.
It is a general requirement that the airport master plan of every aviation industry is updated after
a given period of time. This is aimed at ensuring that the industry meets the standard
requirements for the passenger safety and environmental conservation measures. This also
provides a clear picture of the ability of the industry to cope with the market and economic
demands both locally and internationally.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
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DECLARATION
I would like to declare that:
-This report has no material which has been done for the award to any
candidate of any other degree, diploma or certificate except where due reference has been made
in the text of the examinable outcome;
-To the best of my knowledge, this work has no material that has been published previously apart
from except where due referencing has been made in the text of the examinable outcome;
-Where the work has been done jointly, the participants have been disclosed in relation to their
contributions to the research.
Sincerely Yours
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT....................................................................................................................................................2
ACKNOWLEDGMENT...................................................................................................................................3
DECLARATION..............................................................................................................................................4
LIST OF FIGURES..........................................................................................................................................7
LIST OF TABLES............................................................................................................................................8
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................9
1.1 Background........................................................................................................................................9
1.2 Research objectives.........................................................................................................................10
1.3 Research scope................................................................................................................................10
1.4 Outline of the thesis........................................................................................................................10
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW........................................................................................................12
2.1 Chapter overview............................................................................................................................12
2.2 Introduction.....................................................................................................................................13
2.2.1 Process of airport planning.......................................................................................................13
2.2.2 Standards of airport cargo facility designs................................................................................16
2.2.3 Airport land use and requirements for access..........................................................................16
2.2.4 Financial requirements for operation.......................................................................................17
2.2.5 Security measures.....................................................................................................................18
2.2.6 Environmental issues................................................................................................................18
2.3 Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................19
CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY...........................................................................................20
3.1 Chapter overview............................................................................................................................20
3.2 Masterplan weakness......................................................................................................................21
3.3 Approaches for master plan improvement......................................................................................22
3.3.1 Strategic plan requirements.....................................................................................................22
3.3.2 Strategic deployment architecture...........................................................................................23
8.3.3 Evaluation of responses............................................................................................................24
3.3.4 Search technique......................................................................................................................25
3.3.5 Management of objectives and constraints complexities.........................................................26
3.3.6 Management of uncertainties..................................................................................................26
3.3.7 Balancing of domain knowledge...............................................................................................26
3.3.8 Preferences...............................................................................................................................27
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3.3.9 Decision Making........................................................................................................................27
3.3.10 Update Requirements.............................................................................................................27
3.4 Data analysis....................................................................................................................................28
3.4.1 Overview...................................................................................................................................28
3.4.2 Swot Analysis............................................................................................................................29
CHAPTER FOUR: RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS............................................................................................34
CHAPTER FIVE: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS.........................................................................37
5.1 Conclusions......................................................................................................................................37
5.2 Recommendations for master plan adjustments.............................................................................37
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................................39
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LIST OF FIGURES.
Description Page no
Table 2.1. Issues and solutions related to the airport's
land use.
Figure 3.1 evolutionary algorithm for flight
path identification.
Figure 3.2 The positioning of transport means
at the Melbourne airport.
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LIST OF TABLES.
Description
Page no
Table 2.1. Issues and solutions related to the airport's
land use.
Table 3.1. Weaknesses and strengths of
Melbourne’s airport master plan.
Table 4.1. Passenger movements for the year
2000 to 2017.
Table 4.2 Air Craft movements from the year
2000 to 2015 in Australia.
Table 4.3 Local and international passenger
revenue from 2014 to 2015.
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CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION.
1.1 Background.
An airport master plan is a programme that gives a roadmap towards meeting aviation
requirements in a more efficient manner in future. The plan provides viable options in response
to the constant changes in the conditions of the aviation industry.
The airport master plan plays a great role in the aviation company. Among the purposes include;
it addresses issues on long period sustainable plans, identifying the necessary projects and
reasons for having them, maintaining harmony with the statutory regulations governing the
company’s operations, how to achieve the set objectives, outlines guidelines on land can be used
effectively for development, outlines parameters for establishing financial status and identify the
requirements of each facility within the company (Lyon 2018).
A good aviation master plan must capture consider some critical factors. It should be financially
reasonable, all plans made should achievable by the funds available, the plans should not have
any harmful effects on the environment once effected, the plans should meet the demands of both
the community and the airport itself, plans to be implemented are to comply with the laws and
regulations of the state and the development sector while considering its input and output factors
and finally, the plan should be in a position to adjust with ease to the constant changes in
demands and developments(Bardell & Ashton 2018).
Melbourne Airport has a schedule of preparing its master plan after a period of every five years
to ensure progressive development for a period of coming five years. The master plan is aimed at
providing future development plans of airport facilities in a clear and precise manner. This
master plan as well provides a link to various sectors working towards the development of
Melbourne airport, (Sografos, Sopoulos & Madas 2018).
A brief history and status of Melbourne airport act as a compass for developing its master plan. It
is the main hub for aviation in the country and ranked second in terms of passengers' increased
activity. Its 2013 master plan was aimed at meeting the higher aviation demand from the
community by developing three runways. Due to dynamic growth in the aviation services, the
Melbourne airport has to come up with a master plan that will respond to the demands. The
master plans aim at developing a fourth runway, improve on transportation and ground facilities,
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improve infrastructure and set measures that will ensure environmental friendliness, aviation
safety and flexibility for future developments (Burke & Welbes 2018).
The nature of the airport master plan determines its performance in the future. A poorly planned
master plan leads to losses due to its failure to meet the demands and inability to respond to
uncertainties. The use of air transport has greatly evolved and there is a high demand in the air
transport services both for passengers and cargos. To meet all these demands, an airport
management should have viable and reliable plans which will be in a position to respond to the
requirements.
Apart from having viable and efficient development plans, the master plan used by the airport
should provide a proper guideline which gives direction on the allocation and use of the available
resources within the industry to meet the demands effectively.
The Airport Master Plan should give an opportunity to the community and government to
participate in the developmental process of the industry. This is important because the impacts of
the industry affect them directly. Also, the state at some point will act as the funding organ at the
time of uncertainties.
The master plan despite providing the long-term development plans, it should also address the
immediate needs and the emerging issues in the industry.
It is a general requirement that the airport master plan of every aviation industry is updated after
a given period of time. This is aimed at ensuring that the industry meets the standard
requirements for the passenger safety and environmental conservation measures. This also
provides a clear picture of the ability of the industry to cope with the market and economic
demands both locally and internationally.
The purpose of this study is to critically evaluate the past master plans of Melbourne, compare
their performance with the current master plan for improvement purposes. In addition, different
airports are to be assessed to determine the performance of Melbourne on the basis of master
plan structure.
1.2 Research objectives.
Air transport has been on high demand due to the need for efficient and faster means for
transportation both in Australia and in the whole world at large. Due to constant rising
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demands in the air transportation services, the airports are being forced to meet the specific
needs of their customers as much as possible. This, therefore, forces the airports to come up
with appropriate plans that can be put in place to meet these demands in an effective and
sustainable manner. To achieve these development requirements, Melbourne came up with a
master plan. The objectives of this work are:
(i). To assess the features of the designed master plan by Melbourne airport.
(ii). To add some value to the designed master plan of Melbourne airport.
1.3 Research scope.
This research seeks to answer the questions on the features of the best airport plan, how long
can it be viable? How many stakeholders are to be involved in planning? This is answered by
analyzing the recent and current master plans and checking on the performance in
comparison with other airports. The information on master plans was obtained from
published works by several authors on the features of airport master plans.
Analysis of annual reports on airport performance was carried out and their features
pinpointed with aim of knowing the reasons behind the excellent performance of given
airports. The multi-criteria decision-making methodology considers different criteria in the
process of solution comparison and analysis, and these include comparison of real-time
information and the future expectations, evaluation of the present and expected architecture
after plans, evaluation of responses from the implemented solutions which include the
uncertainties, performance and efficiency of selected solution, evaluation of the solution
ability to achieve the set objectives, the ability of solution to adjust to the uncertainties that
come along, the information and knowledge available on the given solution both internally
and externally.
1.4 Outline of the thesis.
Chapter one of the paper provides a general research that has been done on the airport master
plan, how it is prepared, its features, its importance and how it can be improved. The chapter
gives a brief overview of the master plan requirements in terms of the length it can take
before it is updated to meet the future needs at the airport. The chapter also gives the
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objectives that were used as guides in the research and the extent to which the research was
to cover.
Chapter two of this paper covers the literature review that was employed in the research
process. It gives examples of similar research that has been done before by other researchers,
their features including strengths and weaknesses. It also contains a detailed description of
the features of a good airport master plan. The process followed in the development of the
airport master plan is also covered on this chapter. The chapter also has covered the basic
standard requirements of a master plan and has related these features to the master plan of
Melbourne airport.
Chapter three of the paper has covered the methodological approach that has been employed
in the evaluation process of the Melbourne airport master plan. An overview of the multi-
criteria decision making and its components have been covered in detail. The master plan of
Melbourne airport has been analyzed using the multi-criteria decision making to evaluate its
weaknesses, strength and possible adjustments that can be done on the master plan. Different
approaches for the master plan improvement well justified are also covered in this chapter. In
addition, the chapter contains the analysis method that was employed in analyzing the results
from a deep evaluation of the Melbourne airport master plan. The analysis method was based
on the strength, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of the adopted master plan.
Chapter four of the paper covers the discussion and the results on the research. The results
were based on comparison criteria of Melbourne airport and other airports on the basis of
their performance, ability to meet the local and international community demands, the master
plan sustainability and their contributions to the economic growth in their respective
territories.
Chapter five gives a conclusion and recommendations to be applied to the master plan of
Melbourne.
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