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Unpacking the DB1B Market data

2019 08 21 12 47 29

The US DoT DB1B Market source contains directional market characteristics of each domestic itinerary of the Origin and Destination Survey, such as the reporting carrier, origin and destination airport, prorated market fare, number of market coupons, market miles flown, and…

US Airline and Airport Metrics

There has been interest in a data visualization model that summarizes some key metrics for the US airlines and airports.  This is our attempt to accomplish this. The 2019 data reported is through April. We used two primary sources, the…

Tight margins at US airlines

2019 07 18 8 33 58

That the US airline industry is competitive is well established.  Even in a consolidated field, the few fight for every customer.  We decided to look at just how hard are they competing.  Using several data sources, we built a model. …

More on US airline delay costs

2019 07 15 13 27 11

Our recent post on the costs of arrival delays reported a large estimated number.  Perhaps the number was too big to make an impression. After all airline revenues and expenses are in the billions.  But what we reduce the numbers…