How will non-aeronautical revenue benefit large civil airports? —— An analysis of Shanghai Pudong International Airport.
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non-aeronautical revenue, non-aeronautical resources, non-aeronautical service, large civil airportAbstract
This article will take Shanghai Pudong Airport as a research case. Through the search of previous literature materials and the exploration of non-aeronautical income of the airport, etc. it will explore the composition of non-aeronautical income of the airport and the deficiencies in the current development of non-aeronautical resources and discuss the methods that can effectively increase the proportion of non-aviation income and non-aviation industry income of the airport.
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