[-] Demand Overflow
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Riger:
Hello all,
I know there are other threads related to City Demand (for multi-arport cities) and I appreciate that that matter will take a while (and much effort) to be applied to AWS. Having said that, there may be a simpler way to resolve the matter for now as an interim measure..
Looking at Heathrow as an example, there are absolutely no slots available anymore, however, there is still so much demand to get to LHR from so many other airports but that demand has no way of being met.
How about this: In the case of Heathrow, when the slot usage gets within a certain amount of 100%, that demand is transferred to the nearest airport of similar size. That way, the demand for that airport becomes dissipated to the next logical airport. I think that in reality, this is what airlines would do at the moment when trying to get to New York, London and any other Major airports.
I appreciate that eventually the slots for all the airports in that city region will be flooded, but at least it will start to address the "City Demand" issue.
What are your thoughts?
Best Regards
Richard
Sigma:
And what happens when someone closes some routes at LHR so they can re-open them on more profitable routes only to find all their demand has now dissapeared? Once the airport is "full", that's it.
Or what about the regular slot expansions? What good would they be if the unmet demand just transferred somewhere else? Surely you wouldn't expect it to just move back.
Riger:
Sigma,
Good points, but does that not represent reality in as much as the extra traffic to an airport increases its viability through increased infrastructure.
Your point is valid though, and perhaps the system should always keep some of the un-met demand connected to the original airport but dissipate say 50% of the overload to another airport.
It seems such a waste to see a pax demand of as much as 1000/day (more in some places perhaps) that cannot be met, with plenty available slots at an airport less than an an hour away by car.
I am sure you understand what I am saying, I understand your counter too.
Best Regards
Richard
PiaDijkstra:
Our there should be made use of bigger planes! I know that KLM is using a 767 for Amsterdam-Schiphol. That is what I should do I guess
StoffelAir
sami:
Slots vs. demand type allocation is not possible, they are two separate things.
(Nor feasible really since if 1000 people want to travel from LHR to Oslo, why would they travel to let's say Stockholm instead if some slots are used or not. I don't get the logic really, or I misunderstood.)
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