A little Friday quiz
Jan 31, 2014, 5:51 am
#1
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A little Friday quiz
A short while ago someone (obviously a naive newbie 
) suggested that the North Atlantic market was only a minor part of BA's business.
After spluttering coffee over my keyboard
I decided to run a quick analysis of the data on http://www.thebasource.com/.
So, as it's Friday afternoon, here are a few BAFT pub quiz questions to wrap the brain cells around:
On the random day in January 2014 that I looked at ...
- how many US/Canadian gateways did BA serve ?
- how many flights were operated to the US and Canada?
- how many seats did they offer (in each direction) ?
Yes you could run the numbers too, but have a guess and see how close you are
No trick questions, no rules and no prizes, but hopefully interesting none the less.
) suggested that the North Atlantic market was only a minor part of BA's business. After spluttering coffee over my keyboard
I decided to run a quick analysis of the data on http://www.thebasource.com/.So, as it's Friday afternoon, here are a few BAFT pub quiz questions to wrap the brain cells around:
On the random day in January 2014 that I looked at ...
- how many US/Canadian gateways did BA serve ?
- how many flights were operated to the US and Canada?
- how many seats did they offer (in each direction) ?
Yes you could run the numbers too, but have a guess and see how close you are
No trick questions, no rules and no prizes, but hopefully interesting none the less.
Jan 31, 2014, 6:31 am
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- 25 gateways (assuming that 'gateway' means 'airport' and not 'city' (eg. JFK/EWR, IAD/BWI)
- 60 flights each way
- 21000 seats each way
- 60 flights each way
- 21000 seats each way
Jan 31, 2014, 7:45 am
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A short while ago someone (obviously a naive newbie ) suggested that the North Atlantic market was only a minor part of BA's business.
After spluttering coffee over my keyboard I decided to run a quick analysis of the data on http://www.thebasource.com/.
So, as it's Friday afternoon, here are a few BAFT pub quiz questions to wrap the brain cells around:
On the random day in January 2014 that I looked at ...
- how many US/Canadian gateways did BA serve ?
- how many flights were operated to the US and Canada?
- how many seats did they offer (in each direction) ?
Yes you could run the numbers too, but have a guess and see how close you are
No trick questions, no rules and no prizes, but hopefully interesting none the less.
) suggested that the North Atlantic market was only a minor part of BA's business. After spluttering coffee over my keyboard
I decided to run a quick analysis of the data on http://www.thebasource.com/.So, as it's Friday afternoon, here are a few BAFT pub quiz questions to wrap the brain cells around:
On the random day in January 2014 that I looked at ...
- how many US/Canadian gateways did BA serve ?
- how many flights were operated to the US and Canada?
- how many seats did they offer (in each direction) ?
Yes you could run the numbers too, but have a guess and see how close you are
No trick questions, no rules and no prizes, but hopefully interesting none the less.
Jan 31, 2014, 8:18 am
#8
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I'm going to guess:
22 gateways
55 flights to the US and Canada (i.e. one way, as the question was phrased)
20,002 seats (to claim the territory above britishchris's guess )
22 gateways
55 flights to the US and Canada (i.e. one way, as the question was phrased)
20,002 seats (to claim the territory above britishchris's guess
)
Jan 31, 2014, 10:41 am
#12
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So my view is...
22 Gateways - educated guess using my 'mental map' of North America.
48 flights - educated guess of which cities have lots and which have only a daily (or less) flight
16500 seats based on my estimated mix of aircraft types used for North America
PS I have assumed the 'random date' is a Wednesday and that they are all BA metal flights (no AA). Also assumed that we are only counting outbound flights from UK into USA or Canada.
22 Gateways - educated guess using my 'mental map' of North America.
48 flights - educated guess of which cities have lots and which have only a daily (or less) flight
16500 seats based on my estimated mix of aircraft types used for North America
PS I have assumed the 'random date' is a Wednesday and that they are all BA metal flights (no AA). Also assumed that we are only counting outbound flights from UK into USA or Canada.
Jan 31, 2014, 11:04 am
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