Ecomics variables and airport traffic

Abstract

Data from the 1999-2009 decade of British airports have been considered in accordance with the economic reports per fiscal year published by The UK airport statistics, Centre for Research in Regulation, U. of Bath. For the data set we have examined the economic variables cost, revenue and benefits per passenger. The return on investment has also been considered. All these variables have been shown as a function of the total number of passengers. The patterns of variation of costs and average incomes have been explained depending on the traffic handled by each airport. Equally, we have proceeded with respect to unitary profits and return on investment. The article concludes with some considerations on the desirability of encouraging airport expansion in the segment of low-traffic airports