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Forecasting passenger load for a fixed planning horizon

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  • Saab, Samer S.
  • Zouein, Pierrette P.

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This paper presents a forecasting system for predicting the number of boarding passengers on each of the next N departure dates of a particular flight leg using as input the booking levels made for the next N departure dates of that flight leg. A forecasting system that gives good estimates of future boardings of a particular flight leg is an important and essential tool for route management in the airline industry. The proposed forecasting system consists of a Kalman filter, which optimally integrates a large class of reservation measurements from a variety of sources and at arbitrary times, which is the case of the data, considered here. The accuracy of the predictions for a case study proved to be promising.

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  • Saab, Samer S. & Zouein, Pierrette P., 2001. "Forecasting passenger load for a fixed planning horizon," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 7(6), pages 361-372.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jaitra:v:7:y:2001:i:6:p:361-372
    DOI: 10.1016/S0969-6997(01)00030-8
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