ABSTRACT

Despite the fact that air transport is one of the safest modes of transportation, the statistics of air accidents provide contrast results. The consequences of an accident not only affect general public but also indicate a crisis situation for airlines and airports. Each airport has established responsible bodies to deal with solving the crisis situations in the event of an air accident, whether due to human factor failure, or especially crises caused by natural disasters. For an effective and coordinated solution of civil aviation crises, Civil Aviation Crisis Commission has been set up for the responsible bodies in this field, whose task is to approve crisis plans for safety authorities. The airport operator is required to prepare a crisis plan as well as to consider the possible financial costs associated with the removal of damages. In this paper, we aim to highlight the needs and modeling of financial costs to a minimum level during crisis situations at airports.