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Practitioners'Forum. Forecasting and Planning the Jeddah Air Traffic with a Mini Model
Author(s) -
Karasek Mirek
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of forecasting
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.543
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1099-131X
pISSN - 0277-6693
DOI - 10.1002/for.3980010408
Subject(s) - air traffic control , computer science , operations research , international airport , regional science , business , transport engineering , geography , engineering , cartography
A simple model of particular socio‐economic and technical environment proves useful in forecasting and planning. The specific application forecasts air traffic at King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, through a number of explanatory variables The purpose of the model is to explain and forecast the change in growth rates of passenger flow through the airport. The dynamics of passenger flow are linked to the dynamics of the oil‐based economy of Saudi Arabia and the global economic and business environment.