Open AccessImproved customs inspection at a small international airport: Case study: Colombo
Author(s) -
Wirasinghe S. C.,
Perera M.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of advanced transportation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 2042-3195
pISSN - 0197-6729
DOI - 10.1002/atr.5670260207
Subject(s) - international airport , plan (archaeology) , queueing theory , service (business) , operations research , transport engineering , enforcement , operations management , queueing system , computer science , business , engineering , marketing , computer network , geography , archaeology , law , political science
The present procedures for processing arriving passengers at the Colombo International Airport cause inordinte waiting times. An alternate plan, which is based on state of the art customs procedures, and which can reduce waiting times significantly while maintaining a high level of enforcement, is proposed. The present and proposed procedures are analyzed and compared with respect to passenger waiting times, using deterministic queueing theory. An optimal inspection rate of passengers by the customs service is proposed taking into account the fraction of inspected passengers, the waiting time of passengers and the cost of customs processing.