Payload and Fuel Burn
What happens when you decide to treat people as payload? The DoT allows for an average weight of 209 pounds per passenger. So, doing some math, we can get the weight of people, their bags and the mail. Then divide…
Tag Southwest Airlines
The US Airline Origin and Destination Survey
The US DoT has a plethora of data sets, and as we model more of them, it becomes clear that these databases offering tremendous insight into the market. The sheer size of the datasets has been a hurdle for most…
Understanding and Comparing Fuel Burn among US Airlines
Although fuel prices are dropping again, this has not proven to be a long term trend. Suppliers always try to react by cutting supply in an attempt to push prices up again. Invariably there are cheaters (oligopoly rules get broken).…
Updated DoT data – Updated Model
Using the updated T2 data we updated our US airline ASM model. The race among the big three is intense. A revitalized United is chasing Delta. American seems to have lost its mojo. Looking at the big four , they…
October on-time numbers
We now have the numbers for October 2019. This means model updates. Below is our updated Flight Planner model. Use the menu items along the top to drive the model . Views: 31
Ancillary Revenues are key for LCCs
As we head into the first of the year-end holidays in the US, and airports grow even more crowded, here’s something to consider if you’re going to brave the annual migration. Flying an LCC means paying fees. We took a…