Introduction
The world-wide air transportation system represents an essential component in the operation of the various national economies. Many businesses would degrade to the point of insolvency without air transportation. Because of this high dependency, any deficiency in the performance of the air transportation system imposes a very large cost on the economies of virtually all countries. A recent study commissioned by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (Ball et al. 2010) estimated that the cost of air transportation delays to the US economy in 2007 to be $32.9 billion.
Air Traffic Management (ATM) is the process by which an air transportation system is managed. While individual flight operators and operators of large fleets, e.g., airlines, play a large role in ATM, large developed countries typically establish a national air navigation service provider, ANSP, that has responsibility for ATM. ANSP’s traditionally are government agencies; however, recently several have...
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Ball, M. (2013). Air Traffic Management. In: Gass, S.I., Fu, M.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1153-7_1170
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