Cost Analysis of Supersonic Transport in Airline Operation. Volume 1.
Abstract
Two approaches were used in the development of an operating cost model. First, a regression model, based on airline experience data, was developed. Second, qualitative and quantitative testing of existing cost-estimating relations was performed to determine internal consistency and computed variance with CAB data. The model selected was based on the second approach. Further modifications then were made to the selected model to reflect the airline experience of 1964 and 1965 and the information and opinions obtained during discussions with personnel from both airlines and manufacturers of aircraft. The operating cost model consists of two machine programs. The first program, Mission-Supersonic Transport (MISST), is used to determine the block fuel and block time for a specified payload and block distance. MISST is intended primarily as a tool for analyzing missions having a mixture of subsonic and supersonic cruise segments, also to compare standard and hot-day performances and the effect of varying gross takeoff weights. The second program, Operating Cost Model (OCMODL), is used to compare the output of the various methods of computing direct and indirect operating costs developed by different organizations and to compare the operating costs of different aircraft, both subsonic and supersonic. OCMODL accepts input from the MISST program or any other source and provides costs expressed in dollars per mile, dollars per trip, and dollars per seat mile for all direct and indirect cost accounts.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 31, 1966
- Accession Number
- AD0652311
Entities
People
- Ansel V. Gould
- James C. Willyard
- James L. Johnston
- Lawrence G. Regan
- Robert A. Booth
- Samuel A. Lamar