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Airport Choice in Sao Paulo Metropolitan Area: An Application of the Conditional Logit ModelUsing the conditional LOGIT model, this paper addresses the airport choice in the Sao Paulo Metropolitan Area. In this region, Guarulhos International Airport (GRU) and Congonhas Airport (CGH) compete for passengers flying to several domestic destinations. The airport choice is believed to be a result of the tradeoff passengers perform considering airport access characteristics, airline level of service characteristics and passenger experience with the analyzed airports. It was found that access time to the airports better explain the airport choice than access distance, whereas direct flight frequencies gives better explanation to the airport choice than the indirect (connections and stops) and total (direct plus indirect) flight frequencies. Out of 15 tested variables, passenger experience with the analyzed airports was the variable that best explained the airport choice in the region. Model specifications considering 1, 2 or 3 variables were tested. The model specification most adjusted to the observed data considered access time, direct flight frequencies in the travel period (morning or afternoon peak) and passenger experience with the analyzed airports. The influence of these variables was therefore analyzed across market segments according to departure airport and flight duration criteria. The choice of GRU (located neighboring Sao Paulo city) is not well explained by the rationality of access time economy and the increase of the supply of direct flight frequencies, while the choice of CGH (located inside Sao Paulo city) is. Access time was found to be more important to passengers flying shorter distances while direct flight frequencies in the travel period were more significant to those flying longer distances. Keywords: Airport choice, Multiple airport region, Conditional LOGIT model, Access time, Flight frequencies, Passenger experience with the analyzed airports, Transportation planning
Document ID
20050147589
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Moreno, Marcelo Baena (Energyarc Industrial Ltd. Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Muller, Carlos (Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil)
Date Acquired
September 7, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 2003
Publication Information
Publication: The Conference Proceedings of the 2003 Air Transport Research Society (ATRS) World Conference, Volume 2
Subject Category
Air Transportation And Safety
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.

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