Applied Two-Class Overbooking Model in Thailand's Passenger Airline Data

In this study, a mathematical model, which combines two of the most important airline revenue management strategies, namely overbooking and seat inventory control, is applied in Thailand's passenger airline data. Using this model, it is possible to find a closed-form solution for both the optimal booking limit and the optimal overbooking limit, simultaneously. Numerical study was set to evaluate the performance of the two-class overbooking model and to test three hypotheses using real-life data. The authors' two-class overbooking model outperformed the fixed-booking limit policy. Moreover, three hypotheses: the effect of varying the number of update booking limit points, the effect of an incorrect initial mean for demand, and the effect of a number of smoothing constants on an exponential smoothing method were tested using real-life data. At the 0.05 significance level, it was found that different numbers of update booking limit points affected profit, incorrect initial mean for demand did not affect profit when a high number of update booking limit points was set, and all of the smoothing constants in exponential smoothing method affected profit to some extent.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajsl.2017.12.002
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2092521217300585
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/20925212
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Copyright © 2017 The Korean Association of Shipping and Logistics, Inc.
• Authors:
  • Somboon, Murati
  • Amaruchkul, Kannapha
• Publication Date: 2017-12-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 189-198
• Serial:
  • The Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics
  • Volume: 33
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 2092-5212
  • Serial URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/the-asian-journal-of-shipping-and-logistics
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airlines; Mathematical models; Overbooking; Passenger transportation; Stochastic processes; Yield management
• Geographic Terms: Thailand
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Data and Information Technology; Economics; Finance; Passenger Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01666673
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 23 2018 4:44PM