regional airports in Brazil
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Ironhack Data Analytics Bootcamp
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CAPSTONE PROJECT
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December 2021
brazilian airports with comercial flights in the last 20 years (2002-2021)
226
airports
. . .
28%
can only operate during day light and clear weather
number of airports over time
what is a regional airport?
how to classify an airport as regional?
flights within the same state,
excluding those with departure from a capital city or other major airport hubs
flights from one state to another,
excluding capital cities and other major airport hubs
non-regional,
flights from capital cities and other major airport hubs
regional airports win the growth battle
passengers – regional vs non-regional
regional airports percentage difference
comparing
2005 to 2020
500% growth on regional airports
420% growth on routes
585% growth on flights
95% growth on passengers
applying machine learning
with cluster analysis
to discover natural grouping in data
metrics
Available Seat
Kilometres (ASK)
A measure of an airline’s carrying capacity to generate revenue, taken from multiplying the available seats on an aircraft by the number of kilometres flown on a given flight.
Revenue Passenger
Kilometres (RPK)
A way of calculating the number of kilometres travelled by paying customers, by multiplying the number of paying passengers by the distance travelled.
hello clusters
key numbers
origins
destinations
carriers
aircraft types
routes
mean aircraft
capacity
GRU Airport – São Paulo International AirportGuarulhos, SP
RIOgaleão – Antonio Carlos Jobim International AirportRio de Janeiro, RJ
Santos Dumont AirportRio de Janeiro, RJ
Foz do Iguaçu – Cataratas International AirportFoz do Iguaçu, PR
Porto Seguro AirportPorto Seguro, BA
Uberlândia – César Bombonato AirportUberlândia, MG
Hugo Cantergiani Regional AirportCaxias do Sul, RS
Júlio Belém AirportParintins, AM
monthly fligths and passengers by airport
Flights per
month
and origin
Passengers per
month
and origin
regional and non-regional airports
clusters vs. airports over time
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carriers flights percentage by cluster
findings
regional airports experienced a huge growth in a 15 year span – about 500%
one carrier player lead this growth – 'Azul'
several small carriers play a big role to deliver passengers to non-regional airports
next steps
air fares analysis
carriers market share concerning:
routes
flights
seats
