Mathematical Models for Optimizing Airline Offerings in Terms of International Regional Public Airports

Abstract

In recent decades, air transport has become one of the most dynamically developing modes of transport. The number of passengers using air transport is constantly increasing, aircraft technical equipment is improving, and technical and infrastructure support for air transport is being developed. However, the dynamics of traffic development at international airports are not the same. While traffic to major airports in the States is growing rapidly, growth rates are generally very slow at regional airports. Most regional airports are currently trying to create or expand their existing destination portfolio with new scheduled services to transit destinations, from where passengers can continue. The right choice of transit destination is very important for the development of a regional airport, mainly because the demand for transport from a regional airport is growing with the increasing offer of one-way transfer as far as possible around the world. The paper deals with the design of a mathematical model. On the basis of this solution, it is possible to determine the optimal portfolio of transit destinations to which it is appropriate to operate from a given regional airport.