Impact Factor (2025): 6.9
DOI Prefix: 10.47001/IRJIET
People have
been migrating to various locations in search of better living. This is why
they began to adopt and innovate multiple modes of transportation since the
dawn of civilization. In the modern era, airline sector has transformed into a
convenient mode of transportation due to time limitations of passengers. Given
the dynamics of the airline sector and drastically changing global environment,
SAUDIA airline realized the need of the time to revamp its operational
capacities and strategies to deal with fierce competition. SAUDIA serves both
domestic and international markets with huge customer facilitation; however,
recently it has gone through severe competition and a subsequent loss of market
share due to its slow response to the dynamics of the market. Therefore,
understanding the constituent elements to revamp its network is crucial for
SAUDIA to regain its market share so that it may attain its desired revenues.
Keeping in view, this study is an endeavor to propose a new schedule based
on a synergy of SWOT analysis, waves for the SAUDIA schedule, premium market
analysis and nested logit model to overcome these problems. The proposed
framework utilizes the shape of the waves under specific constraints to
generate improved schedule by calculating market share and to decide based on
nested logit regression model. The implication of this new schedule requires
meeting several constraints such as the availability of aircraft within
allocated time-windows, minimum connection time and minimum usage rate per
aircraft per day. Findings of the study suggest that the proposed schedule is
expected to increase total transit traffic by 48 percent with a 30 percent
increase in the number of sources and destinations by SAUDIA, whereas it will
enhance the overall fleet utilization by 12.5 percent. Additionally, it is
anticipated that the proposed schedule would surge the revenues by 17 percent
as compared to SAUDIA's regular weekly plan.
Country : Saudi Arabia
IRJIET, Volume 6, Issue 6, June 2022 pp. 85-93