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Title
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Regional airports revisited : unveiling pressing research gaps and proposing a uniform definition
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Author
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Abstract
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| This paper aims to identify gaps in the literature and present a future research agenda for investigations on regional airports. The research topics appearing from the systematic literature review are linked to the roles that regional airports have held and currently hold. In this way, challenges and research gaps that deserve extra attention are identified. Moreover, the paper deals with one of the most pressing research gaps, the definition of a regional airport. The literature and accompanying industry review reveal a diverse use of the term regional airport, and ACI Europe (2017) and the European Parliament (2021) even indicate that there is currently no definition for a regional airport in Europe. To address future research and challenges of regional airports in a more unified and structured manner, a proposal is made to capture the term ‘regional airport’ based on objective criteria. With the dual outcome of possibilities for future research and a proposal for a common use of a definition of regional airports, we aim at a more coordinated and impactful progress in research concerning regional airports. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Journal of the Air Transport Research Society
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Publication
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2024
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DOI
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10.1016/J.JATRS.2024.100008
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Volume/pages
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2
(2024)
, p. 1-12
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Article Reference
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100008
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Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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Full text (open access)
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