DEVELOPMENT OF A REGRESSION MODEL TO FORECAST AIR TRAVEL DEMAND AT BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

The civil aviation demand forecast is a carefully formed perspective for airport system activities. Its main use is to predict possible needs for the planning and financial management processes for air carriers and civil aviation authorities. It is vital to conduct frequent analyses and projections...

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Main Authors: Rawaa S. Albayati, Raquim N. Zehawi
Format: Article
Language:Arabic
Published: Mustansiriyah University/College of Engineering 2023-03-01
Series:Journal of Engineering and Sustainable Development
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Online Access:https://jeasd.uomustansiriyah.edu.iq/index.php/jeasd/article/view/1447
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description The civil aviation demand forecast is a carefully formed perspective for airport system activities. Its main use is to predict possible needs for the planning and financial management processes for air carriers and civil aviation authorities. It is vital to conduct frequent analyses and projections of demand in order to meet their customers' expectations by balancing supply and demand and staying abreast of the ever-changing aviation industry. The purpose of this paper is to establish a mathematical relationship between the socioeconomic explanatory factors such as (population, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), consumption expenditure, rate of exchange, industry, imports, and exports) and activities (passenger movements and aircraft operations) at Baghdad International Airport in order to develop an econometric model. The required data had been collected for the past ten years. Eight models were developed depending on one or more of the explanatory variables using SPSS software, and they were then subjected to cross-comparison to see which model was more robust. According to the findings of the statistics, the gross domestic product, population size, and consumption expenditure are the most appropriate explanatory variables that have a significant impact on these activities, where they had a high R2 and F-statistics value equal to 90% and 73.442, respectively, for the model of air passengers and GDP and 90% and 48.737 for the model of flight operations and GDP.
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spelling doaj.art-31e2f805f3484c64bebd334e2419e9ac2023-03-01T07:08:03ZaraMustansiriyah University/College of EngineeringJournal of Engineering and Sustainable Development2520-09172520-09252023-03-0127210.31272/jeasd.27.2.10DEVELOPMENT OF A REGRESSION MODEL TO FORECAST AIR TRAVEL DEMAND AT BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTRawaa S. Albayati0Raquim N. Zehawi1Highway and Transportation Engineering Department, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, IraqHighway and Airport Engineering Department, Diyala University, Diyala, Iraq The civil aviation demand forecast is a carefully formed perspective for airport system activities. Its main use is to predict possible needs for the planning and financial management processes for air carriers and civil aviation authorities. It is vital to conduct frequent analyses and projections of demand in order to meet their customers' expectations by balancing supply and demand and staying abreast of the ever-changing aviation industry. The purpose of this paper is to establish a mathematical relationship between the socioeconomic explanatory factors such as (population, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), consumption expenditure, rate of exchange, industry, imports, and exports) and activities (passenger movements and aircraft operations) at Baghdad International Airport in order to develop an econometric model. The required data had been collected for the past ten years. Eight models were developed depending on one or more of the explanatory variables using SPSS software, and they were then subjected to cross-comparison to see which model was more robust. According to the findings of the statistics, the gross domestic product, population size, and consumption expenditure are the most appropriate explanatory variables that have a significant impact on these activities, where they had a high R2 and F-statistics value equal to 90% and 73.442, respectively, for the model of air passengers and GDP and 90% and 48.737 for the model of flight operations and GDP. https://jeasd.uomustansiriyah.edu.iq/index.php/jeasd/article/view/1447Iraqi hub airportsocio-economic variablesSPSS softwarestatistical analysis
spellingShingle Rawaa S. Albayati
Raquim N. Zehawi
DEVELOPMENT OF A REGRESSION MODEL TO FORECAST AIR TRAVEL DEMAND AT BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Journal of Engineering and Sustainable Development
Iraqi hub airport
socio-economic variables
SPSS software
statistical analysis
title DEVELOPMENT OF A REGRESSION MODEL TO FORECAST AIR TRAVEL DEMAND AT BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
title_full DEVELOPMENT OF A REGRESSION MODEL TO FORECAST AIR TRAVEL DEMAND AT BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
title_fullStr DEVELOPMENT OF A REGRESSION MODEL TO FORECAST AIR TRAVEL DEMAND AT BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
title_full_unstemmed DEVELOPMENT OF A REGRESSION MODEL TO FORECAST AIR TRAVEL DEMAND AT BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
title_short DEVELOPMENT OF A REGRESSION MODEL TO FORECAST AIR TRAVEL DEMAND AT BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
title_sort development of a regression model to forecast air travel demand at baghdad international airport
topic Iraqi hub airport
socio-economic variables
SPSS software
statistical analysis
url https://jeasd.uomustansiriyah.edu.iq/index.php/jeasd/article/view/1447
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