Estimating domestic US airline cost of delay based on European model

Researchers are applying more holistic approaches to the feedback control of the air transportation system. Many of these approaches rely on economic feedback, including the cost of delays to the airlines. Establishing an accurate mechanism for estimating the cost of a delays for each portion of a flight (gate costs, taxiing in and out costs, and en-route costs) is useful for many aspects of modeling airline behavior and for better understanding the likely impact of regulations. Cook et al. (2004) developed a rigorous methodology and collected data for estimating the components of airline delay costs for various segments of a scheduled flight. The model, based on confidential information from European airlines for 12 types of aircraft ca. 2003, was not transparent with regards to how each of the major components of cost (crew costs, fuel costs, maintenance, depreciation, etc.) impacted that total. This paper describes the development of an airline cost model, based on the Eurocontrol model. The airline cost model explicitly identifies the components of airline costs, is based on US airline cost data, and includes 111 aircraft types. The new model is designed to allow costs to be updated whenever the basic costs change. It considers the type of the aircraft when making calculations, both from the perspective of fuel burn and other costs and uses publically available data on burn rates and block-hour direct operating costs (BHDOC) to obtain these estimates. A case-study analysis of airline costs of operation at 19 major US airports is provided.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2011.10.003
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0968090X11001471
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Ferguson, John
  • Kara, Abdul Qadar
  • Hoffman, Karla
  • Sherry, Lance
• Publication Date: 2013-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 311-323
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies
  • Volume: 33
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0968-090X
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0968090X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air transportation; Airlines; Case studies; Costs; Domestic transportation; Economic models; Flight delays
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Economics; Finance; Planning and Forecasting; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01489553
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 12 2013 4:45PM