Research Paper: Badi, I., Alosta, A., Elmansouri, O., Abdulshahed, A., & Elsharief, S. (2023). An application of a novel grey-CODAS method to the selection of hub airport in North Africa. Decision Making: Applications in Management and Engineering, 6(1), 18-33.

 

WHAT THIS PAPER IS ABOUT

  • Air transportation and airports are crucial for modern society, emphasizing well-being and travel time reliability.
  • Passenger travel in Africa has significantly increased, but the region lacks essential facilities to connect with the outside world.
  •  A research study focuses on finding the optimal hub airport location in five North African countries using five main criteria.
  • The criteria include airport pricing, hard and soft infrastructure, Catchment and landside access, markets, and airline partners.
  • A hybrid grey-CODAS approach is used to prioritize different decision alternatives.
  •  Four experts participated in evaluating and determining the importance of each criterion for ranking airport sites.
  • Suggested airport sites considered are Cairo, Tripoli, Tunisia-Carthage, Algeria-Houari Boumediene, and Morocco-Mohammed V International.
  • The model ranked Morocco as the best alternative for locating a hub airport in North Africa. 

 

 

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