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The Southwest effect : a time series analysis on passengers carried by selected routes and a market share comparison
journal contribution
posted on 2008-12-10, 11:14 authored by David PitfieldThe Southwest effect has been known for some time in terms of the US airline’s
impact on pricing, competition and traffic volumes. But recent estimates of the impact
on traffic and market shares do not exist. This desideratum can be addressed by
applying Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) models with
Intervention analysis to key domestic air routes in the USA where Southwest has
started service.
The paper first deals with the choice of routes to be examined and, after a preliminary
statistical description of these, applies the ARIMA models. These results are
examined for both their statistical qualities and their reasonableness and the impacts
are compared to those previously determined in the same way for Ryanair’s routes
from London.
History
School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Citation
PITFIELD, D.E., 2008. The Southwest effect : a time series analysis on passengers carried by selected routes and a market share comparison. Journal of Air Transport Management, 14 (3), pp.113-122Publisher
© ElsevierVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publication date
2008Notes
This article was published in the journal, Journal of Air Transport Management [© Elsevier], and the definitive version is available at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09696997ISSN
0969-6997Language
- en