26th ATRS World Conference

KOBE 1-4 JULY 2023

HOSTED BY: ATRS Kobe Organizing Committee

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CONFERENCE SUMMARY

BEST PAPER AWARDS

AWARDED FOR BEST PAPER:

WINNER: An empirical investigation into key psychological drivers of airport passenger satisfaction during flight delays

Presenter: Bruno F. Oliveira, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland

Co-Authors:

Alessandro V. M. Oliveira, Aeronautics Institute of Technology, São José dos Campos, Brazil

Moises D. Vassallo, Federal University of Itajuba, Itajubá, Brazil

AWARDED FOR BEST STUDENT PAPER:

WINNER: On the Air-Rail Mode Substitution in China: From the Carbon Intensity Reduction Perspective

Student: Jiachang Li, Beihang University, Beijing, China

Co-Authors:

Xiaoqian Sun, Beihang University, Beijing, China

Chikage Miyoshi, Cranfield University, Bedford, United Kingdom

Chui Ying Lee, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Sebastian Wandelt, Beihang University, Beijing China

AWARDED FOR JTTRI BEST PAPER:

WINNER: Verification of fuel efficiency using the A320neo simulator by combining fixed-flight path angle descent and speed control to Kansai International Airport

Presenter: Daiki Iwata, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Co-Authors:

Yuki Nonaka, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Eri Itoh, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Award Committee Members:

Martin Dresner

Anming Zhang

Tae Oum

Gianmaria Martini

Sarah Wan

Christian Bontemps

Chunyuan Yu

Wouter Dewulf

Xiaowen Fu

Achim Czerny

Andreas Wittmer

Xi

Jules Yimga

Bo Zou

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

**Tae Oum,** University of British Columbia
The future transport research priority in the changing global economic and political environment
*Online* *Keynote Speaker*

**Nicole Adler,** *Associate Professor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem*
Applying game theory to understand aviation markets
*Academic Keynote Speaker*

**Junichiro Miyagawa**, *Executive Vice President - International Affairs, Alliances, All Nippon Airways*
*Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic - ANA's 1000 Days of Struggle*
*Industry Keynote Speaker*

***Yoriyuki Kashiwagi***, *Japan Airlines*
*JAL's growth strategy after Covid-19*
*Industry Keynote Speaker*

**Sunghun Cha,** *Business Development Manager, Cirium*
*Aviation data analytics: how data enabled innovation and helped revive the industry during and after the pandemic*
*Industry Keynote Speaker*

SCHOOL

The school is a workshop designed for PhD students and other researchers in the early stages of their career who have a strong interest in the management and economics of air transport. It consists of several lectures from experienced researchers who share their thoughts on research topics and methodologies both theoretical and empirical. Included are the following lectures at this year’s conference:

Yukihiro Kidokoro (National Graduate Institute For Policy Studies) Airports' non-aeronautical service and their effects

Andreas Papatheodorou (University of the Aegean) Tourism and air transportation

Xiaoqian Sun (Beihang University) Location and scheduling problems in air transport

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Special Issues from the 2023 Conference

Journal of Air Transport Management

Journal of Air Transport Research Society