ADDITIONAL ANALYSES OF AIR CARRIED LOAD FACTORS AND COMPETITION

The study analyzes every competitive domestic market segment served by each airline. The major results are: (1) The impact of CAB imposed operating restrictions result in sharply lower load factors for the restricted carriers than the unrestricted carriers; (2) carriers operate a large number of short haul (under 200 miles) entry or bridge segments with low load factors due to the interdependent nature of the markets; (3) load factors for unrestricted carriers do not invariably decline as the number of competitors increase; and (4) the impact on market load factor of a new unrestricted competitor will necessarily vary depending upon the cost and scheduling characteristics of the added competitor.

• Corporate Authors:

  Simat, Helliesen and Eichner, Incorporated

  1019 19th Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20036

  Assistant Secretary for Policy & Internatl Affairs

  Office of Transportation Regulation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1978-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 106 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air transportation; Airlines; Common carriers; Competition; Federal laws; Load factor; Loading and unloading; Market research; Marketing; Regulations; Short haul
• Old TRIS Terms: Federal regulations; Loading procedures
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Law;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00190902
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT/P/50-78/4 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-OS-60501
• Files: NTIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 28 1979 12:00AM