- Business models for the implementation and further development of the airport concept;

- Airport hinterland and airport city concept;

These two streams of research analysis complement each other in acquiring the required knowledge for a coherent guidance on airport development, which is an issue of high priority in the Portuguese political agenda in the coming years. In a network dynamics perspective the airport’s interactions with its context world (knowing threats and opportunities, markets and competitors) will be assessed to put forth innovative designs of airport business models and models for development of regional interactions.