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Title:

PASSENGERS' CHOICE OF AIRPORT: AN APPLICATION OF THE MULTINOMIAL LOGIT MODEL

Accession Number:

00476123

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/030904653X

Abstract:

The authors sought to establish that airports do not have "catchment areas" as such and that air travelers make choices among available airports when they elect to travel. A model that describes this choice mechanism will permit airport systems to be planned on a more reliable basis. This work develops a model for passengers in central England based on data collected in 1975 and 1978 by the Civil Aviation Authority. The model chosen was one of discrete behavioral choice; the particular form that was successfully calibrated was the multinomial logit model. For business and inclusive tour travel, the most important variables of choice were access time to the airport and frequency to the chosen destination. For domestic and leisure trips there were three factors: air fare, access time, and frequency of available flights, in that order of importance. The calibrated model showed high agreement between observed and predicted market shares. The model was also found to be transferable to data from a separate survey of air travel from the London area. The model is expected to be of use to airport authorities and airlines in planning and determining business strategy in the increasingly competitive deregulated environment of air transport.

Supplemental Notes:

Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Aviation Economics and Forecasting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

Monograph Title:

Air transportation issues

Monograph Accession #:

01418190

Authors:

Ashford, Norman
Benchemam, Messaoud

Pagination:

pp 1-5

Publication Date:

1988

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1147
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

Conference:

67th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board

Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
Date: 1988-1-11 to 1988-1-14

ISBN:

030904653X

Media Type:

Print

Features:

References (7) ; Tables (7)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Flight frequency

Old TRIS Terms:

Subject Areas:

Aviation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Sep 30 1988 12:00AM

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