Routing and networking

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NETWORK CARRIERS

Long haul service

- usually 2 or 3 cabin service

- point to point and connecting traffic

Short haul service

- Usually 1 or 2 cabin service

- Lower utiilisation

- Conflict of feeder versus point to point

value of business pax

- flexibility

- frequency

- connection

- on time performance

- busniness lounge

- Makor factor that reduces aircraft utilization for short haul service is the hub and spoke network structure

Regional airlines

- small planes : look at different kinds of aircraft and seat no.

-features for regional jet is that it may be expensive, cost per seat is quite high / fundermental issue - regional co of flybe

larger aircraft may have higher unit cost -what is the main issue with operating with regional airlines

- main focus is on convenience

Charter Airline

Finanacial performance of thomas cook annaul report - in the past 10 years thomas cook have lost profit.

- tue airline

- for course use MIDT proivdes true O AND D data

- market share by seats or by pax number -vuse oag

- statstics stated revered survey preference technique used by BA

the data from sabre data for short haul may be lower becuase alot of pax buy their ticket from online sources which is not alwys covered by sabre

Seasonality

-Issue with seasonality

What is the impact of hub on netwrok carriers routes planning

- a hub and spoke network structure affects how economics of new service are evaluated by the airline

- low local spooke ato hub 0-D market demand can be justified if connecting passenger carried byy the flight can make a positve contribution to the airline s ntotal network revenue that exceeds the operating costs.