Variable

Description

Price

Mean airfare for each product, measured in thousands of US dollars

Quantity

Number of passengers for each product

Interstop

Number of intermediate stops for each product

Inconvenience

A product’s cumulative itinerary distance flown from the origin to the destination divided by the nonstop flight distance between the origin and destination

HUB_Origin

Dummy variable that equals 1 if the origin airport is a hub for the ticketing carrier and 0 otherwise

Tour

Dummy variable that equals 1 if the airport is in Florida or Las Vegas and 0 otherwise

Slot_control

Number of slot-controlled airports on a product’s itinerary

Note: In 1998, slot-controlled airports are New York LaGuardia (LGA), New York Kennedy (JFK), Washington National (DCA), and Chicago O’Hare (ORD). The slot-controlled ORD expired in 2002, while Newark Liberty (EWR) was added in 2008.

Distance

A product’s cumulative itinerary distance flown from the origin to the destination, measured in thousands of miles

HUB_MC

Dummy variable that equals 1 if the origin, intermediate stop(s), or destination airport is a hub for the carrier and 0 otherwise.

Slot_MC

Dummy variable that equals 1 if the Slot_control variable is greater than zero and 0 otherwise

Legacy_mkt

Number of products provided by legacy carriers

LCC_mkt

Number of products provided by LCCs