Joshua Cohn, Senior Manager, InterVISTAS Consulting, USA

Speaker Biograghy: Joshua is a Senior Manager within the Airport Planning Group at InterVISTAS Consulting. Over the last eight years he has brought a diverse background in airport operations, terminal capacity analyses, simulation modelling and security screening to solve complex terminal planning problems. He has extensive experience working with airport operators and government regulators in the United States, Great Britain and Brazil. He has completed capacity planning and simulation modelling efforts for newly planned and existing terminals at airports in London, Denver, Guayaquil, Los Angeles, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and Porto Alegre. He has an educational background in transportation and civil engineering. Personal fact: He enjoys attending San Francisco Giants baseball games with his wife, and has the goal of one day visiting all 30 Major League Baseball parks (13 to go).


Day 3 - 16 March
Session: Increasing Airport Capacity

10:05 - 10:35 - Appropriate methodologies for terminal capacity evaluation at Brazilian airports
Synopsis: Infraero, the primary operator of commercial airports in Brazil, manages over 60 airports. In 2010, the government adopted a concessions model to expedite facility improvements. To support the capacity planning at these airports, and in partnership with USTDA, technical assistance was provided to Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica to develop and present appropriate methodologies for calculating terminal capacity. Using six case study airports, this presentation will highlight these methodologies and illustrate their successful application to Brazilian airports. Spreadsheet and simulation modelling tools were explored and employed on a case-by-case basis to inform capacity enhancement recommendations.

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