TOULOUSE - MADRID ROUTE CITIES

                This text includes a lot of fundamental information about the route between Toulouse and Madrid. Also, It involves some information about the cities, 2 airports of cities and their countiries. In addition, It shows us some calculations of airlines' ancillary revenue.

            

First of all, we will start to examine with Toulouse city. Toulouse is a big and enhanced city of France. The population of Toulouse is 453,317. Toulouse has a few industries which are so important in terms of economy. Some of them are aeronautics, space, electronics, information technology and biotechnology. Furthermore, the city is the home for Aİrbus Company. Toulouse has lots of interesting places which must be seen. The main tourist attractions of the city are Basilique Saint-Sernin, Couvent des Jacobins, Place du Capitole and Musee des Augustins Fine Arts Museum. When we check the GDP of France, we can say that, GDP per capita in Toulouse was last recorded at 35.666.6 U.S. dollars.

Secondly, we will continue with other city of the route is Madrid. Madrid is the capital city of Spain. The population of Madrid is 3.255.944. The main industries of Madrid are design, energy, chemicals, transport and electronics. Beside, the major tourist attractions of the city are Palacio Real which is an imposing feature, Prado Museum, Temple of Debod. Lastly, the GDP of Spain is 32.270.43 U.S. Dollars in 2014.

  

AIRPORTS

In that part, we will focus on Toulouse Blagnac International Airport and Madrid Adolfo Suarez Barajas International Airport. IATA code of Adolfo Suarez Barajas is MAD and Toulouse Blagnac International Airport is TLS. During 2014, Blagnac International Airport (TLS) had approximately 7.5 million passangers and Adolfo Suarez Barajas (MAD) had 29 million passangers. Thanks to those numbers, we can calculate the Total Air Passangers per Capita.

Total Air passangers per Capita for Madrid: 29 milion / 3.2 Million population = 9,06

Total Air Passangers per Capita for Toulouse: 7.5 million pax / 1.1 millipopulation = 6,81

DIRECT FLIGTHS

When we check the airlines which have direct flights between Toulouse and Madrid, we can see that Air Nostrum regional franchisee of IBERIA has direct flights. the Airline which flies 102 different point in the World is a Spanish airline and its hub point is Madrid.




CAPACITY

During the week between 18 Jun and 25 Jan 2016 has 5, 6, 6 ,5, 5, 2, 3, totally 32 flights. Canada Regional Jet 900 and 1000 are used for those flights. Canada Regional Jet 900 has 90 seats and 1000 version has 100 seats.

• AS From TLS to MAD

18 JAN – 5 Flights – 90 SEAT

AS = 90 seats for per flight ; 90x5= 450 AS for Monday

19 JAN – 6 Flights – 100 SEAT

AS= 100 seats for per flight ; 100X6= 600 for Tuesday

20 JAN – 6 Flights – 90 SEAT

AS= 90 seats for per flight ; 90X6= 540 for Wednesday

21 JAN – 5 Flights – 90 SEAT

AS= 90 seats for per flight  ; 90X5= 450 for Thursday

22 JAN - 5 Flights – 90 SEAT

AS= 90 seats for per flight ; 90X5= 450 for Friday

23 JAN – 3 Flights – 90 SEAT

AS= 90 seats for per flight ; 90X3= 270 for Saturday

24 JAN – 2 Flights – 100 SEAT

AS= 100 seats for per flight ; 100x2= 200 for Sunday

Totally, As we calculate all AS numbers, we can find 2960. Also, we must consider the return flights. Therefore, 2960 x 2= 5920. By using that number, we can find Available Seat Kilometer(ASK). ASK=AS*KM.  ASK can be found as 2960*537 = 1,589,520.

REVENUE

Ticket price from MAD to TLS is 660$ for week between 18 Jan - 25 Jan 2016. In order to calculate revenue, RPK must be found.

• RP= 5920 x 0.847 = 5014.
• RPK=5014 x 537 = 2,692,518

Revenue = 5014 x 660 = 3,309,240EUR for all flights (departure and return)

According to the resources, Ancillary revenue Is %5 for the revenue of full service airlines.

Ancillary Revenue for full service airlines = 3.309.24 * 0.05 = 165.462EUR

CONCLUSION

To sum up, when we look the text totally, we can clearly say that aviation sector in those cities is advanced. They have a lot of flights in a week between those cities. However, the route is generally used by business people. Furthermore, when we check the charts, it can be said that their values are increasing year by year. In my opinion, in the future, more people will use that route.