BurcuBurcuBlog: ISTANBUL - BARCELONA CASE

Authors:

Burcu Söğüt , Gizem Koz , Hilal Sergili , Büşra Kayhan

Hello everyone :)

Today, we will examine Barcelona-Istanbul route for finding route capacity and route traffic. Firstly, please watch the video and then you can find further information below in the report.

Have a nice flight amigos! :)

CITIES

This paper will analyze direct routes between Barcelona (Spain) and Istanbul (Turkey) and also examine their airports, their direct flights, route capacity and their route traffic.

POPULATIONS OF TWO COUNTRIES

Population of Spain: 47,786,049

Population of Barcelona: 1,621,537

Ratio: 0.033

Population of Turkey: 77,695,904

Population of İstanbul: 14,377,018

Ratio: 0.185

AIRPORTS

Barcelona El Prat International Airport

ü IATA Code: BCN

ü ICAO Code: LEBL

ü Domestic Pax:

ü International Pax:

ü Total Pax: 37.5 Million

Total Air Passenger per Capita in Barcelona: 37,500,000 / 1,621,537 = 23.12

Istanbul Ataturk International Airport

ü IATA Code: IST

ü ICAO Code: LTBA

ü Domestic Pax: 18.754.002

ü International Pax: 38.200.788

ü Total Pax: 56.954.790

Sabiha Gökçen International Airport

ü IATA Code: SAW

ü ICAO Code: LTFJ

ü Domestic Pax:15.028.257

ü International Pax:8.603.626

ü Total Pax:23.631.883

Total Air Passenger per Capita in İstanbul: (23.631.883 + 56.954.790) / 14,377,018 = 5.60

DIRECT FLIGHTS

When looking for direct flight between Barcelona and Istanbul, only two airline are providing flight without stopping which are THY and PEGASUS.

ROUTE CAPACITY & ROUTE TRAFFIC

When it is time to examine route capacity and route traffic, all information that required to calculate are Available Seat, Available Seat Km, Revenue Passenger, Revenue Passenger Km and Load Factor.

Used formulas seen in paper like this: