Havacılık ve Uzay Teknolojileri Dergisi (Jul 2009)
HAVACILIKTA SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİRLİK YÖNETİMİ: TÜRKİYE’DEKİ HAVA LİMANLARI İÇİN SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİRLİK UYGULAMALARI ARAŞTIRMASI
Abstract
The objective of this study is to identify the importance of sustainability in civil aviation management and to search the practice of sustainability at the airports in Turkey. Methodology includes both face to face interviews and application of questionnaire at the airports in Turkey. The questionnaire has been developed basing on the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies'(TRB) Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) dated 2008. Also benchmarking of Turkey’s airports with other airports in the world is also accomplished with this study. Consequently, various applications and suggestions related to the sustainable airport management have been offered during the course of this research. Current practice at fifty airports in Turkey is assessed mainly in the view of sustainability criteria. The study which has been supported by the literature developed new risk management operation plans.