dc.contributor.author | Simpson, R. W. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Neuve Eglise, Michel J. | en_US |
dc.contributor.other | United States. Office of High-Speed Ground Transportation | en_US |
dc.contributor.other | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Flight Transportation Laboratory | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-01-06T22:02:45Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-01-06T22:02:45Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1968 | en_US |
dc.identifier | 13446981 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68041 | |
dc.description | May 1968 | en_US |
dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (p. 39) | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | To compete successfully in short haul markets under 200 miles, an air transport system must offer a high daily frequency of service, N, as well as short air travel times. In a given market, N can be increased by using vehicles of smaller seat capacity, C, which are more expensive per seat to operate. A method of determining optimal values of N and C for assumed market behavior in terms of fare and time elasticities is presented. By defining total trip time to include the average wait for service, and using a demand model developed for the Northeast Corridor, the air share of total demand in any market can be calculated as a function of N and the competing fares. Plotting daily passengers versus N, and relating this to the maximum and breakeven load factors for a family of vehicles of different seating capacities, determines the values of N and C which maximize return to the operator. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Office of High Speed Ground Transport, Dept. of Commerce | en_US |
dc.format.extent | [4], 39 p | en_US |
dc.publisher | Cambridge, Mass. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1968] | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | FTL report (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Flight Transportation Laboratory) ; R68-1 | en_US |
dc.subject | Vertically rising aircraft | en_US |
dc.subject | Short take-off and landing aircraft | en_US |
dc.subject | Aeronautics, Commercial | en_US |
dc.subject | Airlines | en_US |
dc.subject | Passenger traffic | en_US |
dc.subject | Cost of operation | en_US |
dc.title | A method for determination of optimum vehicle size and frequency of service for a short haul V/STOL air transport system | en_US |
dc.type | Technical Report | en_US |