Programme & Presentations

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Thursday, July 3^rd, 2008
Venue: Lecture Room D00.05, Building Leeuwenburg, Weesperzijde 190, Amsterdam
8:30 to 9:00	Registration & Coffee
9:00 to 10:45 Session I Chair: Hans-Martin Niemeier, University of Applied Sciences, Bremen	Geert Boosten (Amsterdam University Of Applied Science) Aviation Industry Trends
	Simon van Oortmerssen (MSc) Determining Airport Sustainability on an Emergy Basis (Paper) Discussant: Dieter Wilken, DLR Cologne
	Sonia Huderek (PhD) Socio-economic impact of Low Cost Carriers on the Central-Eastern European market. Exemplification of Poland. Discussant: Jürgen Müller, Berlin School of Economics
10:45 to 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 to 12:45 Session II Chair: Geert Boosten, Aviation Management / Amsterdam School of Technology	Alexandra Leipold (Ba) Chances and boundaries of environmental reporting within the aviation sector Discussant: René Drost, Amsterdam School of Technology
	Katharina Ernst (Ba) Airport Competition – Theory and Application for Hinterland Strategies Discussant: Geert Boosten, Amsterdam School of Technology
	Plamena Ivanova (MA) Development of airports in Central and Eastern Europe. Entry and exit of airports, 1995-2007 Discussant: René Drost, Amsterdam School of Technology
12:45 to 13:30	Lunch Break

13:30 to 15:50

Session III

Chair A:

Hans Mohrmann, NACO, Amsterdam

Chair B:

Prof. Dr. Keith Mason, Cranfield University

A, Room D0005

B, Room D0016

Antje Fiedler (PhD)
Privatization and innovation- evidence from the airport industry

Discussant: Hans Mohrmann, NACO, Amsterdam

Dina Ribbink (PhD)

Financial Distress and Customer Service

Discussant: Keith Mason, Cranfield University

Eric Tchouamou Njoya (MA)
Customer-Oriented approach to airport business: A focus on Foods and Beverages

Discussant: Geert Boosten, Amsterdam School of Technology

Karsten Fröhlich (PhD)
The importance of spatial economic for assessing airport competition

Discussant: Achim Czerny, TU Berlin

Franziska Kupfer (MA / PhD student)
Airports on artificial islands: A solution for noise and capacity problems of traditional contemporary airports?

Discussant: Hansjochen Ehmer, IUAS, Bad Honnef

Jari Toivonen (MA)
Importance of relational coordination in big organizations - Finnair’s expansion strategy is challenged by turnaround procedure of an aircraft

Discussant: Jürgen Müller, Berlin School of Economics

Harald Wiese (Master)
French Airport Regulation – An economic Assessment

Discussant: Peter Forsyth, Monash University Melbourne

Annika Reinhold (Master)
The Pro and Cons of Benchmark Regulation for Airports

Discussant: Achim Czerny, TU Berlin

15:50 to 16:05

Coffee Break

16:05 to 17:50

Session IV

Chair:

Wolfgang Grimme, DLR Cologne

Neelu Seetaram (Ms) (PhD)
Immigration and Tourism Demand: Evidence from Australia (1992-2006)

Discussant: Keith Mason, Cranfield University

Eva-Maria Cronrath (PhD)

The Connectivity of Airports

Discussant: Guillaume Burghouwt, SEO

18:00 to 20:30

BBQ with drinks (20:30 > pub tour)

Friday July 4^th, 2008
Venue: Lecture Room D00.05, Building Leeuwenburg, Weesperzijde 190, Amsterdam
8:30 to 9:00	Registration & Coffee
9:00 to 10:45 Session I Chair: Dieter Wilken, DLR Cologne	Aline Dürr (Master) The deregulation of ground handling services at airports Discussant: Cornelia Templin, Fraport
	Henry Vega (PhD) Air transportation and South America’s trade: trends in perishabled and exotics Discussant: Achim Czerny, TU Berlin
	Ana Juzbašić, (Master) Possibilities of implementation fuzzy decision making models in process of airport privatization Discussant: Yuichiro Yoshida, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
10:45 to 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 to 12:45 Session II Chair: Peter Forsyth, Monash University Melbourne	Xuan Hoa Bui (Ba) Vertical Size of airport firms in UK, German, Netherlands and France: value-added chain and vertical integration versus outsourcing Discussant: Cornelia Templin, Fraport
	Radosav Jovanović (PhD) Demand Management Options for the Air Traffic Management (ATM) System Congestion: The review of past contributions and the way forward Discussant: Dieter Wilken, DLR Cologne
	Jelena Zivanovic (MA) Measuring technical efficiency of German airports in the European context Discussant: Cornelia Templin, Fraport
12:45 to 13:15	Lunch Break
13:15 to 14:45 Poster Sessions	Julia Hellmers (MA) Airline Alliances vs. Airline Mergers Development, Differences, Future	Nicola Pavanini (MA) Discrete choice modelling in the airport industry
	Bülent Hancioglu (MA) Berlin School of Economics,“The Market power of Airports, Regulatory Issues and Competition between Airports”	Tolga Ulku (MA) Capacity Measurements in Airport Sector. Drawbacks of Conventional Methods and Benchmarking Airports Using Declared Capacity
		Marius Barbu, David Hörnle,Onur Cobanli, BERLIN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS Risk Sharing between Airports and Airlines: An Empirical Analysis of Change in Charges Structure of German Airports
14:45 to 15:30	Coffee Break & Travel to the VU location

15:30 to 17:50

Session IV

Location: VU

Hans-Martin Niemeier,

University of Applied Sciences, Bremen

Nathalie McCaughey (PhD)
Frequent flier programs, taxation and profits

Discussant: Eric Pels, Free University of Amsterdam

Jan Brueckner and Vivek Pai
Technological innovation in the airline industry: the impact of regional jets

Paolo Beria and Aaron B. Scholz (PhD)
Strategies for infrastructure development of airports: a comparison between Milan Malpensa and Berlin Brandenburg International

Discussant: Achim Czerny, TU Berlin

Eric Pels
Network competition in the open aviation area

Full programma can be downloaded here.

Programme of GARS Amsterdam 2008