Quantifying Airline Delay Costs
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Airline delay costs are incurred both on the day of operations (tactical cost) and at the planning stage (strategic cost). The latter may take the form of buffer in schedules. Strategic and tactical costs are not independent. Passenger costs of delay to the airline, crew, fuel, maintenance and fleet costs are quantified. Cost trade-offs are presented as a 3D plot assessing the ‘break-even’ point for schedule buffer as a percentage of flights experiencing tactical delay reductions. Optimum schedule buffers are explored in the critical context of delay predictability and airline economics. Passenger ‘hard’ costs dominate the tactical savings.
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