Will It Fly? Adoption of the road pricing framework to manage drone use of airspace

Merkert, Rico; Beck, Matthew J.; Bushell, James

doi:10.1016/j.tra.2021.06.001

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“…Having regulatory advantages, regional and sparsely populated areas may be the first to experience drone delivery solutions due to reduced complexity and traffic in the regional setting, although such operations may not be commercially viable. We emphasise that our conclusions are drawn purely from a consumer and logistics service provider point of view, clearly regulatory frameworks need to Competitive attributes of last-mile delivery be in place to allow drones to fly safely in urban areas (Merkert et al, 2021) with minimal negative externalities (e.g. noise).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Despite, or perhaps because of, such hype around aerial delivery drones, it is worth asking whether the cautious consumer values such services and whether there is indeed a market for them. The general public has privacy, safety and security concerns around the use of aerial drones (Zwickle et al, 2019;Watkins et al, 2020;Merkert et al, 2021), especially in the context of unattended delivery of valuable shipments (McKinnon and Tallam, 2003;Zhou et al, 2020). Setting out, our research was guided by Svanberg (2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…, 2019; Watkins et al. , 2020; Merkert et al , 2021), especially in the context of unattended delivery of valuable shipments (McKinnon and Tallam, 2003; Zhou et al. , 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Consumer preferences for innovative and traditional last-mile parcel delivery

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Bliemer

Fayyaz

2022

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PurposeThe purpose of this research is to reveal consumer preferences towards innovative last-mile parcel delivery and more specifically unmanned aerial delivery drones, in comparison to traditional postal delivery (postie) and the recent rise of parcel lockers in Australia. The authors investigate competitive priorities and willingness to pay for key attributes of parcel delivery (mode, speed, method and time window), the role of contextual moderators such as parcel value and security and opportunities for logistics service providers in the growing e-commerce market.Design/methodology/approachA survey involving stated choice experiments has been conducted among 709 respondents in urban Australia. The authors estimated panel error component logit models, derived consumer priorities and deployed 576 Monte Carlo simulations to forecast potential delivery mode market shares.FindingsThe study results suggest that people prefer postie over drone delivery, all else equal, but that drone deliveries become competitive with large market shares if they live up to the premise that they can deliver faster and cheaper. Both drone and postie become less attractive relative to parcel lockers when there is no safe place to leave a parcel at a residence, highlighting the importance of situational context and infrastructure at the receiving end of last-mile delivery. The authors identified opportunities for chargeable add-on services, such as signature for postie and 2-h parcel deliveries for drones.Originality/valueThe authors offer timely and novel insights into consumers preferences towards aerial drone parcel deliveries compared to postie and lockers. Going beyond the extant engineering/operations research literature, the authors provide a starting point and add new dimensions/moderators for last-mile parcel delivery choice analysis and empirical evidence of market potential and competitive attributes of innovative versus traditional parcel delivery alternatives.

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“…With the booming development of China's general aviation industry, the demand for airspace resources has been increasing, and the e ectiveness of airspace utilization and the safety of general aviation ight have been a ected, bringing enormous pressure to airspace management. Promoting the reform of airspace management has become a hot topic of concern [1]. A ected by historical factors, the reform process of airspace management in China is slow, but relevant national departments have been trying to promote the reform process [2].…”

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Aviation and Airspace Management under Rough Set Theory

Zhu

Kan

2022

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

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With the development of aviation industry, a series of problems have appeared in aviation and airspace, among which the most prominent problem is the congestion of aviation and airspace. Airspace congestion has become a major problem in the development of civil aviation in China. Especially in the central and eastern regions of China, airspace congestion is becoming more and more serious. To better solve the problem of airspace congestion, rough set theory and the Fuzzy C-means (FCM) model are first analyzed. By analyzing the temporal and spatial characteristics of traffic congestion in the control sector, a multisector traffic congestion identification model is established based on radar track data. Four multisector congestion characteristics including equivalent traffic volume, proximity, saturation, and traffic density are established. FCM and rough set theory are used to classify and identify sector congestion. Finally, the model based on FCM-rough set theory is compared with other methods based on the data of the regional control sector in northwest China. The experimental results show that the congestion recognition rate of the model is 92.6%, 93.5%, and 94.2%, and the congestion misjudgment rate is 1.5%, 1.2%, and 1.3%, respectively. Hence, the multisector congestion recognition model has a high recognition rate and a low misjudgment rate, and the overall discrimination result is relatively stable. By comparing the proposed method with other methods, it is concluded that the recognition accuracy of the model based on FCM theory is superior to other methods. In summary, the congestion situation of the sector is affected by a variety of macro- and micro-characteristics of the sector, and the congestion identification model is feasible and efficient. Multisector traffic congestion identification has certain application value for airspace planning, air traffic control-assisted decision making, and air traffic flow management. This work can optimize the aviation and airspace management system and provide relevant suggestions for the study of aviation and airspace congestion.

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“…Airport operations are dramatically changing the industry towards modern technology adaptation, such as airport applications into passenger terminal process, applications and demand for airborne drone operations, including urban air mobility, are growing rapidly in regional and metropolitan areas [5][6][7][8]. Airports play an active role in the promotion and delivery of tourism products and services in their host cities.…”

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The World Airport Awards as a Quality Distinctive and Marketing Tool for Airports

Florido-Benítez

2022

JAOAM

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This study aims to analyze the World Airport Awards as a quality distinctive and marketing tool by airports. It is a benchmarking study, and it uses secondary data from Skytrax, World Airport Awards, Airports Council International, International Air Transport Association, airport official websites and apps, App Store, and Google Play, to support research results. The method includes airport website benchmarking, communication, and marketing strategies by airports with the aim of analyzing the degree of utilization of the prize awarded by Skytrax. The study’s findings indicate that when an airport wins the Skytrax’s prize or it is positioned very good in the Skytrax’s ranking, this airport cites the achievement on its official app and website, with the aim of advertising and promoting the quality services and brand image worldwide. Furthermore, this study demonstrates that there is a high correlation between airport ranking and digital channels usage like airport’s website.

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Will It Fly? Adoption of the road pricing framework to manage drone use of airspace

Cited by 14 publications

References 30 publications

Consumer preferences for innovative and traditional last-mile parcel delivery

Consumer preferences for innovative and traditional last-mile parcel delivery

Aviation and Airspace Management under Rough Set Theory

The World Airport Awards as a Quality Distinctive and Marketing Tool for Airports

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