utrecht university | Privatizing airports: Efficiency enhancing? | The case of the United Kingdom | Project group 6DJorn de Ruijter - 3813894David de Vos - 3805638Franceska Toader - 3726177Ruben Verdoorn - 3833259 | Supervisor: A. van den BergCourse: Institutional Economics (ECB2IE) | 28-10-2012 | 1 Introduction The UK Government transferred the ownership of the British Airports Authority from the Government to the private sector on the first of April 1987. After 25 years‚ more than
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ABERDEEN AIRPORT 1. Background and Problem Statement Aberdeen Airport was opened in 1935 and it is owned by the British Airports Authority (BAA plc). Back then it was surrounded by countryside but presently‚ due to the development of the city‚ it is surrounded by houses. Currently the airport faces some issues due mainly to its location and accessibility. 2. Analysis of Data Aberdeen Airports it is a relatively small airport with one main passenger terminal and two which are specifically used by
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of the micro operations to be found at Birmingham International Airport. i) Baggage handling operation ii) Ground cress loading and unloading operation iii) Airline ticketing operation iv) Information dispensing operation v) Cleaning operation vi) Customer services operation vii) Technical maintenance operation viii) Fire alert operation Each of these micro operations played a significant role at Birmingham International Airport to improve their business operations. a) Identify
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Traffic Jam Beginning Men have stepped on the moon. Now they are going from one place to another within few hours. World fastest car is able to sprint 252mph‚ but the citizens of Dhaka (sometimes) cannot reach few miles to Gulistan from Mohakhali or any other place to our destination place within hours. You must go out from your house before two or three hours to reach destination which is only 20 or 30 minutes required. Who is responsible for this? Traffic jam is that magician. Traffic jam has
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Assess the sociological explanations for ethnic differences in educational achievement Studies have been done and the results show that the ethnic groups most likely to have degrees are; Chinese (31%) this may be because Chinese view education as a very important thing and the parents tend to be more strict for example with homework and behaviour. Then it’s the Indian race (25%) this could be because a lot of the Indian are middle class so they have the money to pay for top resources such as laptops
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Introduction of airport http://hotelmule.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=802 Virtually all airports were traditionally owned by the public sector. European airports serving major cities such as Paris‚ London‚ Dublin‚ Stockholm‚ Copenhagen‚ Madrid‚ and Geneva were all owned by national governments‚ as were many other airports outside Europe such as those in Tokyo‚ Singapore‚ Bangkok‚ Sydney‚ and Johannesburg. Elsewhere‚ local governments‚ either at a regional or municipal level‚ were the airport owners
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one of the most important infrastructures of an airport. Each year‚ so many people travel through airports. The terminal building provides the necessary services to the passengers that make their transition between airside and landside very comfortable. Within the terminal building‚ many facilities are provided to passengers such as‚ retail shopping‚ restaurants and baggage processing. Inside the terminal‚ there are facilities that make the passengers well prepared for flying. Then‚ they flow through
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Chapter 1 1. INTRODUCTION An artificial passenger (AP) is a device that would be used in a motor vehicle to make sure that the driver stays awake. IBM has developed a prototype that holds a conversation with a driver‚ telling jokes and asking questions intended to determine whether the driver can respond alertly enough. Assuming the IBM approach‚ an artificial passenger would use a microphone for the driver and a speech generator and the vehicle ’s audio speakers to converse with the driver
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION The Artificial Passenger (AP) is an artificial intelligence based companion that will be resident in software and chips embedded in the automobile dashboard. The heart of the system is a conversation planner that holds a profile of you‚ including details of your interests and profession. When activated‚ the AP uses the profile to cook up provocative questions such as “Who was the first person you dated?” via a speech generator and in-car speakers. Studies
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1. Economic history of the United Kingdom in the 19th century Railways The British invented the modern railway system and exported it to the world. They emerged from Britain’s elaborate system of canals and roadways‚ which both used horses to haul coal for the new steam engines installed in textile factories. Britain furthermore had the engineers and entrrepreurs needed to create and finance a railway system. In 1815‚ George Stephenson invented built the modern steam locomotive‚ launching a technological
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