Air Transport Research Society and Embry-Riddle Announce Results of Global Airport Performance

The Air Transport Research Society (ATRS) and Embry-Riddle recently released the key results of the ATRS 2016 Global Airport Performance Benchmarking Task Force report at the 2016 ATRS World Conference.  This annual report provides a comprehensive, unbiased comparison of airport performance worldwide, focusing on productivity and operating/management efficiency, unit cost competitiveness and comparison of airport charges.

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) was named as the most efficient airport in the world. This marks the 13th year ATL has received the Efficiency Excellence Award from ATRS, a worldwide research network guided by a 16-member task force of leading academics from Asia Pacific, Europe and North America.

The ATRS Annual Global Airport Performance Benchmarking Project was initiated in 2000 and is currently hosted at Embry-Riddle’s College of Business in Daytona Beach, Fla. Students in the College of Business collect and compile data, conduct analysis and generate the annual report under the supervision of Benchmarking Task Force Project Manager Chunyan Yu, professor of Air Transport Management.

Other top performers in the United States include Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT), Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) and Eppley International Airport (OMA) in Omaha, Neb.

“The airport benchmarking project comparing the performance of airports worldwide was initiated when more and more countries starting to commercialize and/or privatize their airports,” said Yu. “Knowledge about best practices in the industry is important for passengers, investors, airport operators, airlines, shippers, regulators and other stakeholders to help improve the efficiency and cost competitiveness of airports.”

Click here for key findings of the report

The three-volume report can be ordered at www.atrsworld.org.