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Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (2017). RANKING: Bureau of transportation statistics. airline performance - departures: Departures - carrier delay (minutes), 2015. data-planet™ statistical datasets by conquest systems, inc. dataset-ID: 007-002-009 Data-Planet™ Statistical Datasets by Conquest Systems, Inc. doi:10.6068/DP15A2F1D8F5D91

This primary source encompasses the amount of time that was lost by domestic air carriers in 2015. The primary research question for this data set is "How much time is lost by U.S. Air carriers annually -by carrier?". The author obtained the data from inputs by individual airlines, submitted monthly, to the U.S. Department of Transportation. The conclusion is that there is a vast difference between airlines as to time lost by the carrier.

Santos, B. F., Wormer, M. M. E. C., Achola, T. A. O., & Curran, R. (2017). Airline delay management problem with airport capacity constraints and priority decisions. Journal of Air Transport Management, 63, 34-44. doi:10.1016/j.jairtraman.2017.05.003

This source discusses the issues with airline delays and the management of them. It also discusses the follow-on management activities that go on as the result of departure delays and discusses methods for reduction of delay related issues. The authors gathered data from other empirical research and peer-reviewed articles dealing in correlating data. Using an actual case study the authors conclude that there are many follow-on concerns to delayed flights. The mismanagement of correction activities can increase costs and even cause an increase in departure delays.

There are several research questions that stem from the two sources in regards to the research questions. First, I believe it would be important to ask the question, "what is the volume of flights per air carrier per day/month?". Second, "What is the average size of the flight (ASM) per aircraft by the carrier?". Third, I would ask the question, "What airports/populations centers are most affected, and why (environment, location, size of the airport)?". When trying to understand a problem such as this, simple number crunching, data analysis is not enough. The larger airlines could be running at a lower percentage of delay time per aircraft or could be skewed by one particular location due to unforeseen factors. It would be important to the research to understand every contributor and variable. From the second source, the main research question extending from the research is, "how much time delay is contributed to the management or mismanagement of activities designed to reduce further departure delays?". Additionally, I would ponder whether or not flight delays from one air carrier affect other carriers, especially at already congested airports.

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Answer: This discussion talks about the research that was carried out for establishing the reasons for the time lost by the U.S aircraft carriers and reasons why different aircraft carriers have different types of time lost. The researches were made from the two primary sources.

First one was the data sets for the flight delays by the conquest systems. From this data base the data for the primary research question “How much time is lost by U.S. Air carriers annually -by carrier?"” was established and it was established that there was a vast difference in terms of time that was lost by one airline as compared to the other.

The second source that was analysed was a academic research paper “ Santos, B. F., Wormer, M. M. E. C., Achola, T. A. O., & Curran, R. (2017). Airline delay management problem with airport capacity constraints and priority decisions. Journal of Air Transport Management, 63, 34-44. doi:10.1016/j.jairtraman.2017.05.003”

This paper discussed the issues that caused flight delays at the airlines and the methods that the airlines used for managing them. It was established in this report that the mismanagement of correction activities can increase costs and even cause an increase in departure delays.

Based on the analysis of the data from these two sources there were questions that were established for further research. These were

• "what is the volume of flights per air carrier per day/month?".
• "What is the average size of the flight (ASM) per aircraft by the carrier?".
• "What airports/populations centers are most affected, and why (environment, location, size of the airport)?".
• How much time delay is contributed to the management or mismanagement of activities designed to reduce further departure delays?"
• Additionally, I would ponder whether or not flight delays from one air carrier affect other carriers, especially at already congested airports.

Hence this post sets a background for a further research on this topic that requires establishing answers to the above mentioned questions