TOURISM IN A PASSENGER PROJECTION MODEL TO SIZE AN AIR TERMINAL

Abstract

In Chile there has been a development of domestic tourism, increasing a gap between the size of the passenger air terminal facilities and, on the other hand, the number of
people who use them. To solve this problem, it is necessary to estimate the projection of passengers, creating a new model. With this information, the necessary surfaces are
calculated, and economic and material resources are optimized, also providing greater satisfaction to passengers, airline staff and others.

The purpose of this research is to contribute to a better level of passenger air terminals, developing a new methodology that manages to provide information that allows eliminating the existing gap.

The general objective of this research is to create a model that considers tourism and thus generate information to size and optimize spaces and/or surfaces.

This research has the scope to contribute with a new methodology for estimating the projection of air passengers, which helps those interested in the
authorities, investors in airport concessions and the airlines.

This research has been carried out so that its purpose is applied, its scope is descriptive, its approach is quantitative, and its design is a field investigation.

To obtain the information, work is carried out on site at the Mocopulli aerodrome and public organizations such as the Civil Aeronautics Board, the Central Bank, the National Institute of Statistics, among others, are also used.

The proposed model meets the stated objectives and the research hypothesis. It is applied at the Mocopulli aerodrome, Chiloé Island.

The results obtained are compared with the current methodology in use by the Chilean aeronautical authorities.