Title
A Portfolio Approach to Allocating Airline Seats
Abbreviated Journal Title
Opt. Express
Keywords
Airline; portfolio theory; optimization; resource allocation; value-at-risk; FINANCIAL PORTFOLIO; PRODUCT; PERFORMANCE; RISK; Management; Transportation
Abstract
What else can airline managers do to reduce the likelihood of financial losses? The US global airline industry is characterized by highly cyclical and inconsistent operating profits, razor-thin profit margins, and unimpressive passenger yields. The objective of this research is to-explore a new approach to airline seat allocation in global markets by employing a risk mitigation model, using portfolio theory to diversity an airline's route network. A portfolio of available seat miles distributed to global regions is determined using the Mean-Variance approach, followed by a second portfolio approach, the Mean-Value-at-Risk (VaR) approach. Last, a comparison is made between the two approaches in terms of actual airline operating profits. Given the financial improvements shown by the employed techniques, there is promise in pursing these methods for airline seat allocation.
Journal Title
Transportation Journal
Volume
Transp. J.
Issue/Number
4
Publication Date
1-1-2013
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
441
Last Page
462
WOS Identifier
52
ISSN
0041-1612
Recommended Citation
"A Portfolio Approach to Allocating Airline Seats" (2013). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 4292.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/4292
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