Airports
Problem:
- Not enough, especially in China
- US 10,000 airports; 2,700 can take jets
- China 72 airports; 31 can take jets
Solutions
- Airport in a box (modular construction)
- Intel and Pandesic
- design airports for point-to-point vs. hub-n-spoke
- standardize airport around one airplane type (737)
- Set architecture for
- air traffic control, flight paths, baggage handling, gates, ..
- provide reservation/ticketing systems