Ranking different factors influencing flight delay

Management Science Letters

关键词: Airline industry;    Flight interruption;    Flight delay;    Analytical hierarchy process;   

DOI  :  10.5267/j.msl.2014.6.030

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Flight interruption is one of the most important issues in today’s airline industry. Every year, most airlines spend significant amount of money to compensate flight delays. Therefore, it is important to detect important factors influencing on flight delays. This paper presents an empirical investigation to determine important factors on this issue. The study also asks some decision makers to make pairwise comparison and ranks various factors using the art of analytical hierarchy process. The study determines that technical defects and delayed entry were among the most important factors to blame for flight delays. In addition, announcing the postponement, replacement aircraft and path replacement are among the most important decisions facing managers in the aviation industry during the disruption of the flight.

【 授权许可】

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