26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-6.3.1

INVESTIGATION OF LONG-HAUL FLIGHT ATTRIBUTES INFLUENCING PASSENGER'S BOOKING DECISION USING SP DATA

K. O. Ploetner
TU Munich, Germany

Keywords: LONG-HAUL FLIGHT ATTRIBUTES, PASSENGER'S BOOKING DECISION, SP DATA

This study focuses on identification of passenger’s individual preferences of various flight properties (ticket, flight schedule, airline’s repuation and comfort) in dependency on socio-demographic, travel—habit and anthropometrical properties. Based on this results, overall aircraft/cabin design guidelines for passenger driven-aircraft concepts have been setup.

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