Multi-Airport System as a Way of Sustainability for Airport Development: Evidence from an Italian Case Study

Airports need to find a way to overcome economic, financial and infrastructural problems in a coherent attempt of definition of a conceptual framework of the airport business as a whole. In this context, an increasing relevance has the model of Multi-Airport System (MAS).The research uses case study analysis approach. More in details, business and technical data accounted from “Puglia's airports” have been considered.Main findings seems to demonstrate that the basic hypothesis, according to which a well-structured multi-airport system can contribute significantly to infrastructure management and development, is valid only if it is supported by a coordinated managerial approach.