Research on Characteristics of Airline Network Based on Passenger Flow

ABSTRACT

To reflect the scale-free characteristics of airline network, generating n city nodes randomly while the degree distribution exponent is located between 1 and 3, by constructing network edges between nodes, calculating the passenger flow of each network edge, building the relationship of fares to node distance and aircraft type to node type, we propose the mathematical model of airline network revenue, total cost and total profit. Finally, we simulate the airline network profit model and analyze the experimental results, which show that: under the influence of the total number of nodes, the number of hub nodes, the capacity of the hub node and fares, the airline network profit changes in a certain regularity with the change of passenger flow.

Keywords:

Airline flow, Airline network, Airline profit, Economic characteristics, The degree distribution exponent.