Analysis and Validation of a New Access System to the AirportSalerno-Costa d'Amalfi

Abstract: Airport accessibility is an important criterion for airport choice and therefore also for an airport competition. When userschoose an itinerary, they think about the transport chain from an origin to a destination. Therefore, the variables having an impact ontheir decision for a given alternative go beyond the price and quality of air services from one airport to another. The decision for oragainst a given air service and a given airport is to a certain extent dependent on the accessibility of the airport.The objective of this manuscript is to propose an analysis and a validation of a new access system to the airport Salerno-Costad’Amalfi in Campania region, in the south of Italy, due to its growing development. Three different scenarios are proposed andsimulated. Performance indicators are provided in order to quantify the effects of the alternative interventions aiming at improvingthe accessibility of the airport itself. Policy-makers may be interested in a more accessible airport since these interventions may haveimpacts on the regional socioeconomic development