인천국제공항의 허브 경쟁력 강화를 위한 효율적 비행편 서비스망 구성방법에 관한 연구

A Study on the Flight Service Network for Incheon International Airport to be a Successful Hub Airport in Northeast Asia

인천국제공항이 동북아 허브 공항으로서 성공하려면 동 공항을 중심으로 한 비행편 구성이 경쟁 공항보다 효율적이어야 한다. 본 논문은 항공여행자의 비행편 선택 행위를 분석하여 인천국제공항 허브화 성공을 위한 비행편 구성 계획에 이용하는 방법을 연구했다. 규제가 완화된 시장에서는 소비자의 선호 파악에 기초한 사업 계획이 유효하므로 비집계형 선택모델에서 산출할 수 있는 여행시간가치, 운항빈도와 여행시간의 대체율 등을 이용하여 비행편 구성 계획을 할 필요가 있을 것이다.

Incheon International Airport(IIA) is planned to open in about two years. Korean government has an ambition to make IIA a major hub airport in Northeast Asia. The most essential and required condition for an airport to be a successful hub airport in a certain region is to have more efficient flight service network than the other airports in the same region. IIA should compete with Japanese airports to be a major hub in Northeast Asia because Japanese government also has a plan to expand greatly the airport capacity in Tokyo area and Kansai airport in Osaka. It is necessary for both IIA and Korean national air carriers to compose efficient flight service network considering hub competition with Japanese major airports. As the liberalization of international air transport industry would give more marketing freedom to airlines, they would plan the flight service network and flight schedule based on market analysis instead of governmental regulations. In the economically liberalized environment, it is very required to analyze air passengers' flight choice behaviour in order to induce other carriers and passengers through IIA's attractive flight service network. Disaggregate model is more appropriate than aggregate model to analyze consumers' behaviour. The information derived from disaggregate choice model of air passengers could be utilized in devising efficient flight network and schedule plan. Value of travel time or trade off ratio between flight frequency and travel time which could be estimated from discrete choice model could be utilized for scheduling an efficient flight plan for airlines and composing efficient flight service network for IIA.