Chap 4 : Commercial Aircraft Operators Flashcards
What are the 5 criteria of an airline business model ?
-Target groups
-Revenue models (ticket price or other source)
-Network (hub-&-spoke or point-to-point)
-Fleet (heterogeneous or homogeneous)
-Cooperation/alliances
What are the business cases ?
-FSC (Full Service Carrier)
-LCC (Low Costs Carrier)
-Holiday carrier
-Regional carrier
-Hybrid carrier
-Cargo carrier
What’s the dvt of the market shares in Europe between the differents business cases ?
2000 : 80% of FSC & 6% of LCC
2016 : 46% of FSC & 42% of LCC
Name 2 FSC and their different characteristics
Lufthansa, Airfrance, Japan Airlines
For Holiday & Frequent travelers, Eco class business and 1st class, hub-&-spoke network, heterogeneous fleet
Name 2 LCC and their different characteristics
Ryanair, Airasia
Holiday & frequency travelers, Eco class, point-to-point, homogeneous fleet
What’s the strenght of LCC over FSC ?
Low prices :
Reduce aircraft op, cheap airports, simple marketing, LC cabin & crew, LC services
What’s the difference between a hub-&-spoke and a point-to-point network ? Which manufacturer is related to each network ?
Point-to-point : direct flight between to places => adapted range aircraft for each trip (Boeing)
Hub-&-spoke : transit between strategic places then small trip to go to your specific place => long-range (A380) + short-range aircrafts (Airbus)
What are the 2 possible futures business models ?
Platform Airlines (PFA) : a door to door ticket with everything inclued (taxi, hotel, flight…)
Air Transport Provider (ATP) : the consumer buy a flight ticket to an internet company which oder to airlines trips depending on the demand
What cost the most in a life cycle of an aircraft ?
Operating costs
What type of operating costs there are ?
Total operating costs
=>Indirect Op Costs (IOC)
(Landed properties & ground equipement / Passengers, freights / Administration)
=>Direct Op Costs (DOC)
-> Cost of Ownership (COO)
-> Cash Op Costs (COC) = airport charges, crew costs, maintenance costs
-> Additionnal DOC (ADOC) = noise & CO2 emission charges
What are the 2 types of maintenance costs ?
Direct Maintenance Costs (DMC) : airframe & engine (labour and material for each one)
Indirect Maintenance Costs (IMC)
What are the 2 types of airport charges ?
Passenger charges
Landing charges
Of what depends the most the operating costs ?
The fuel price (which gonna increase in the next years)
What are the 3 main airline planning tasks ?
Fleet planning (which aircraft type)
Route planning (where to fly)
Schedule dvt (what time and how frequently)
How to choose an aircraft for the fleet planning ?
Economic profitability
Noise & emissons perf
Engine
What are the 4 criterial inputs required for fleet planning ?
Air traffic forecast
Yield forecast
Estimated aircraft productivity
Operating costs
What are the goal of a route planning ?
-Have a coherence between fleet planning and route planning
-Do the route planning for long-term and short-term
How evaluate a potential route ?
Profitable ?
Consider also connecting passengers
Technical capability & availability of the fleet
New route ?
Political and legal restrictions
What are the major tasks of a schedule dvt ?
Frequency planning
Timetable dvt
Fleet assignment
Aircraft rotation planning
What’s the FAP (Fleet Assignment Prb) ?
What’s its objective ?
Determine aircraft type for each departure => to plan network routes & flights’ timetable
Obj : minimize costs of rejected payload demand & aircraft operating over Airline fleet & network
