Estimating domestic US airline cost of delay based on European model

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 311-323

  Ferguson, John ^a   Kara, Abdul Qadar ^a   Hoffman, Karla ^a   Sherry, Lance ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airline delay costs; Airline delays; Component; Economic modeling of airlines

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRCRAFT; COST ESTIMATING; FEEDBACK; OPERATING COSTS;

AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; CASE STUDY ANALYSIS; COMPONENT; CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION; DELAY COSTS; DIRECT OPERATING COSTS; ECONOMIC MODELING; RIGOROUS METHODOLOGIES;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRLINE INDUSTRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879503580     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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