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ACRP Report 18: Passenger Air Service Development Techniques (2009)
Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP)

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Martin, Steven C, Transportation Research Board. "What are small airports' most common competitive challenges?." ACRP Report 18: Passenger Air Service Development Techniques. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2009.

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Front Matter (R1-R10)
Summary (1-14)
Part I - Overview of Air Service Development (15-15)
Who should use this guidebook? (16-16)
How is this guidebook organized? (17-17)
How was the research conducted? (18-19)
Summary (20-20)
Why is air service development important? (21-22)
How do air carriers decide which airports they will serve? (23-25)
How can an airport or community influence air service decisions? (26-26)
What other stakeholders can be involved? (27-27)
What is the ASD process? (28-28)
Summary (29-29)
How do smaller communities connect to the national aviation system? (30-32)
What are the most significant recent trends in the airline industry? (33-42)
What are the key relevant regulatory issues? (43-44)
Summary (45-45)
How do local demographic and economic characteristics influence air service? (46-46)
What are small airports' most common competitive challenges? (47-52)
Summary (53-53)
Part II - Best Practices for Air Service Development (54-54)
What are the airport's current services and how are they performing? (55-61)
Where do key community groups want to fly? (62-62)
How are a facility and its costs assessed? (63-64)
How does the airport compare to its peers? (65-68)
Summary (69-69)
What sources of airport revenues may be available to fund ASD? (70-75)
What types of human resources are needed for successful ASD efforts? (76-78)
Summary (79-79)
What is the overall process for identifying goals? (80-80)
What are the categories of ASD goals? (81-94)
What other goals support ASD? (95-96)
What is the process for validating and refining ASD goals? (97-100)
Summary (101-101)
What revenue-related ASD techniques are available? (102-104)
What cost-related ASD techniques are available? (105-111)
What are the legal issues regarding airport incentive programs? (112-114)
Which techniques should the airport use? (115-118)
Summary (119-119)
What data and information do the airlines want to see? (120-129)
How should the information for presentations to airlines be organized? (130-131)
How should an airline be approached? (132-134)
Summary (135-135)
How is effectiveness in ASD measured? (136-140)
Who should conduct the evaluation? (141-141)
Why do stakeholders need to be informed? (142-142)
Summary (143-143)
References (144-144)
Part III - Appendices (145-145)
Appendix A - Glossary (146-149)
Appendix B - Frequently Asked Questions (150-153)
Appendix C - Annotated Bibliography (154-156)
Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications (157-157)