THE PARTIAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY (PFP) METHOD USED TO INVESTIGATE THE PRODUCTIVITY OF AN AIRPORT ON THE EXAMPLE OF WARSAW CHOPIN AIRPORT

Abstract

The Partial Factor Productivity (PFP) method is used to investigate the productivity of an airport. The results of research carried out for the project "Efficiency of Warsaw Chopin Airport using the Partial Factor Productivity method" confirmed the thesis that using this method one can examine the efficiency of a particular airport or compare several airports in the context of their efficiency. PFP method calculates the ratio between the input or resource such as the size of the airport, and the results obtained. These ratios relate to financial variables, technical variables or theses allow to associate both variables.

The subject of analysis was the period 2015 - 2018 and concerned airports such as Warsaw - Chopin, New York J. F. Kennedy and Katowice - Pyrzowice. Based on the analysis, it was concluded that the highest efficiency of the compared airports should be attributed to the New York - John F. Kennedy Airport. It is characterized by the largest capacity unit and the highest efficiency in the use of runways and gates per passenger. This is due to the airport's size, infrastructure and location. This airport is designed to handle a large number of flight operations, and its location means that passengers often choose it as the beginning or end of their trip. Based on the collected results, it was concluded that the PFP method and the associated efficiency of the airport depends strictly on the size of the city at which it is located and the overall infrastructure of the airport.