Promoting Australian regional airports with subsidy schemes: A vehicle routing problem perspective
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Article Title | Promoting Australian regional airports with subsidy schemes: A vehicle routing problem perspective |
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ERA Journal ID | 40708 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Babagolzadeh, Mahla (Author), Zhang, Yahua (Author), Abbasic, Babak (Author), Shrestha, Anup (Author) and Zhang, Anming (Author) |
Journal Title | Transport Policy |
Journal Citation | 128, pp. 38-51 |
Number of Pages | 14 |
Year | 2022 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0967-070X |
1879-310X | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2022.08.014 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967070X22002347 |
Abstract | The major metropolitan airports in Australia have become increasingly congested, resulting in substantial increases in operational costs and waiting time at these airports. This paper assesses the effectiveness of subsidy programs in shifting airfreight from metropolitan airports to regional airports assuming the vehicle routing problem approach is used to optimises the downstream (i.e., road) logistics. We analyse the freight distribution network structure and logistics decisions under two subsidy scenarios. We develop a mixed integer linear programming model incorporating the time-window and release-time constraints. A case study in Australia is used to illustrate the application of the proposed framework. The results show that introducing subsidies can effectively reduce the total costs from the prospective of industries involved in the airfreight distribution. The subsidy program under a non-linear subsidy provides a better performance from the economic and delivery time perspectives. However, if the primary goal is to reduce the volume of cargo traffic at the metropolitan airport, a linear subsidy program is preferred. |
Keywords | Airfreight distribution; Regional development; Subsidy schemes; Open vehicle routing problem (VRP); Sustainability |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 350903. Logistics |
350999. Transportation, logistics and supply chains not elsewhere classified | |
350901. Air transportation and freight services | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Business |
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) | |
University of British Columbia, Canada | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q7v28/promoting-australian-regional-airports-with-subsidy-schemes-a-vehicle-routing-problem-perspective
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