NEAR Research

Cost Benefit Analysis

NEAR has completed a number of projects dealing with cost-benefit analysis in the aviation industry. For this purpose, NEAR's staff includes world-renowned experts in Economics and Air Traffic Control, as well as a number of graduate and under-graduate students from Embry-Riddle's business department. NEAR has a close working relationship with the ERAU business department and frequently uses their expertise on project work.

Some of the research areas include Cost-Benefit analyses of:

  • New aircraft transportation systems
  • Satellite navigation
  • Free-Flight
  • Aircraft and ATC communications concepts

For more information on projects in this category, please click here.