A traffic engineering model for air taxi services

Douglas W. Lee, Ellen J. Bass, Stephen D. Patek and Jeffrey A. Boyd

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2008, vol. 44, issue 6, 1139-1161

Abstract: We propose a single-provider model for on-demand air taxi services. Data from a discrete-event model support a "flow model," which describes the aggregate flow of passengers and aircraft for an air taxi service provider without specifying event-level operation. Using a set of hypothetical scenarios for air taxi network operation, we evaluate the accuracy of the flow model against the outputs of the discrete-event model. Finally, we illustrate how the flow model can be applied towards the optimal pricing of passenger fares for a single air taxi service provider.

Keywords: Air; taxi; Air; transportation; modeling; Simulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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