The DB1B, the famous 10% ticket sample, offers insight into how the US airline market evolves. Using the market summary dataset, we offer four charts, each focusing on one industry segment. Some items: The ball size reflects traffic volume. The…
We get lots of questions about the US airline industry’s performance. Here’s a model that summarises the performance of the US airlines (excluding regional brands). The model uses the DoT’s T2 dataset and essentially a snapshot at the end of…
United’s CEO said Frontier is “going out of business.” This comment caused a lot of industry chatter. After all, the model espoused by ULCCs has worked very well. Ryanair is doing a roaring business in Europe. Why can’t that work…
Yesterday, we updated our on-time data models with the latest data from the US DoT. We have several models that use this dataset, and while reviewing them, a few ideas popped out that are worth sharing. Subscribers have access to…
Using the most recent update from the DoT, we compiled this model, which was previously a one-pager. We added three more pages to give readers an idea of how valuable the data can be. (Also, to give you a reason…
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