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Airport planning has always contained an element of uncertainty. Indeed, the construction of most physical systems is subject to unpredictable changes in requirements. The traditional approach to airport development is no longer considered adequate for current needs. Many authors emphasize the importance of taking a flexible approach when dealing with the volatility and uncertainty associated with this market. One objective of this study is to contribute to the establishment of a concept of design flexibility with airport design. This study intends to find factors that make flexibility important for airport performance. For its implementation, it was considered important to understand the relationship between flexibility and airport performance, i.e., taking notice of how to measure its impact on the functioning of an airport. This study supported the idea that to cope with market volatility, and the uncertainty on demand, the concept of flexibility is a good solution to the extent that it improves or maintains the airport’s productivity and performance. The study has raised various questions and tried to study them, like studying the impact of form, location, scale, etc of an airport. This research combines the work of all the authors who worked in this field and the contributions they made, bringing them under one roof for better understanding and comparisons of their ideas. In this work, a passenger-oriented approach towards developing a deeper understanding of the factors of influence of passenger experience was taken. A part of this study focused on the experience of the passengers in the waiting areas. The focus on the passenger experience has emerged from a variety of orthogonal developments in technology, wireless systems, and social networking. Although each passenger’s experience is unique and subjective, there are generalizations that one can make about sub-groups of passengers. With the study conducted, everything pointed towards an urgency for providing a better suitable new design for waiting areas. The survey results also showed the desperation of the passengers towards wanting an innovative and upgraded design of the waiting area. In conclusion, there is an exigency to upgrade the waiting area experience of the traveler’s. Certain design suggestions made in the final chapter also talk of upraising the waiting areas and open scope for further research on the same. Based on all the findings of the above chapters it is determined that it is not possible to have a set of design parameters consistent for airports all around the world. However, from point of view of technological aspects and advancements, it can be determined that it shall remain consistent throughout any airport. Conversely, from the standpoint of the design approach, each
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