Evaluating airline delays : the role of airline networks, schedules, and passenger demands

[摘要] (cont.) Our results show that for the legacy carrier, an increase in flight operations of one percent on the ;;high-delay;; day translates to an increase in the percentage of disrupted passengers (average disrupted passenger delay) of 22.2% (3.1%); for the low-cost carrier, an increase in flight operations of one percent only increases the percentage of disrupted passengers (average disrupted passenger delay) by 12.3% (2.7%). The above statistics suggest that under poor weather conditions, increasing flight operations at busy airports, compared to non-congested airports, can cause a much greater increase in passenger delay and disruptions when airport capacity is reduced by adverse weather condition.

[发布机构] Massachusetts Institute of Technology