Demand for Air Travel

Authors

  • Eva Endrizalová Czech Technical University in Prague Fsculty of Transportation Sciences
  • Vladimír Němec Czech Technical University in Prague Fsculty of Transportation Sciences

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14311/MAD.2014.12.03

Keywords:

demand, elasticity, modeling, choise of itinerary

Abstract

This article describes the demand elasticity of air transport and algorithm of demand modelling that is used as part of reservation system. The next section explains Quantitative Share Index that quantifies the market share for each carrier in the monitored market and Herfindahl Hirschman Index that quantifies the concentration of service providers in this market. The last chapter describes the choices of air travel itinerary.

Author Biographies

Eva Endrizalová, Czech Technical University in Prague Fsculty of Transportation Sciences

Department of Air Transport

Vladimír Němec, Czech Technical University in Prague Fsculty of Transportation Sciences

Department of Air Transport

References

A. Abdelghany and K. Abdelghany, Modeling Applications in the Airline Industry. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2009.

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IATA, Air Travel Demand. IATA Economics Briefing n.09.

Oficial Airline Guide, http://www.oag.com/Global

IATA, Solid Demand for Air Travel Continues. Press Release No.: 16, Date: 3 April 2014

T. Litman, Understanding Transport Demands and Elasticities. Victoria Transport Policy Institute. 12 March 2013.

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Published

2014-11-15

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 12 (2014): MAD 12 - November 2014

Section

Review Articles

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