FACTORS IN THE LIFE CYCLE OF AIRPORT ACTIVITIES

In Romania, Cluj Avram Iancu International Airport is the second important international, and the first important regional airport. This position must be preserved in the competition with the national and international, international airports but also as regional airport having “around” other 5 regional airports at a radius of 180 km. Situated in the middle of Transylvania (about 7.000.000 inhabitants), Cluj International Airport, is one of the Europe modern regional airport, the second one in the country, regarding the number of passengers embarked/disembarked, after Bucharest “Henri Coandă” International Airport, and therefore comparable with similar cities like Geneva or Stuttgart. Approaching the life cycle of airport activities is made in the face of what is called Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). One of the features of the PLM concept is Collaborative Product Development, which is the first phase of the product life cycle, assuming that "new products can be based on components or concepts of older products", fully justified because in most cases product development is based on aspects and / or components of products already developed, tested or even used.Following the analysis of the principles and requirements for the development of a questionnaire, a questionnaire was generated that would bring a complete and consistent set of data. For the application of the questionnaire, the Cluj Avram Iancu International Airport agreement was obtained. The final form of the questions was developed and confirmed by the Cluj Avram Iancu International Airport appointed representatives. Data and time intervals have also been selected together with the Cluj Avram Iancu International Airport designees.