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81 The literature search conducted during this study, the survey, and the interviews of airports and state agencies indicate a general consensus among the various stakeholders: it is generally easy to identify and understand a posteriori what factors played a key role in the increase of traffic at an airport (or the loss of service) , but it is permanently a challenge to foresee the future and make accurate predictions that will be used as a basis for today's decisions.
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82 How Airports Plan for Changing Aircraft Capacity: The Effects of Upgauging operations and developments to the airlines' needs. The management of expectations from local communities was also key to help ensure a flexible and sustainable development plan.
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Conclusions 83 • Upgauging can result in the change of the airport's critical design aircraft. This event usually triggers the most changes on the airside.
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84 How Airports Plan for Changing Aircraft Capacity: The Effects of Upgauging • For cargo airports, it was noted during the study that operating your own FBO can be a successful option as it allows full control of ground handling operations and it creates an important revenue stream for the airport. • For access, dedicated roads for cargo operations can be seen as a major benefit for the airport to avoid mixed traffic with passengers and with other airport or nonairport-related activities.
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