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SATS Life Cycle Costs in an Air Taxi Operation
Technical Paper
2003-01-3038
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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In January of 2000 the first author delivered a Life Cycle Cost study [1] to NASA that modeled SATS in relatively “broad strokes,” guided by general technological forecasts, and theory based on the historical records of emerging industrial paradigms. The report was summarized in an SAE technical paper [2.] Since the delivery of the January 2000 report, the model has been continuously evolving in an independent University setting. This paper is part of an ongoing series of papers and presentations [3,] and reports interim results of a study that compared the Life Cycle Cost characteristics of three aircraft operating in an air taxi environment. The major conclusions point to the business necessity of properly aligning technology, asset utilization, operating capacity (scale,) and market share. Implications are presented.
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McGrath, R. and Bonney, A., "SATS Life Cycle Costs in an Air Taxi Operation," SAE Technical Paper 2003-01-3038, 2003, https://doi.org/10.4271/2003-01-3038.Also In
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- McGrath R.N. Prayudi H. “SATS Precursor Study Report: Task 1, SATS User Affordability: Life Cycle Costs / Total Costs of Ownership,” delivered to NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, Virginia January 2000
- McGrath R.N. “Life Cycle Cost Model for SATS Aircraft,” Corporate and Regional Aviation Meeting and Exposition Society of Automotive Engineers Dallas, Texas May 2000
- McGrath R.N. “Economic Viability of NASA's Next-Generation Aviation Paradigm: A Summary of Research Findings,” Society of Automotive Engineers World Aviation Conference, Phoenix, Aizona November 2002
- www.sats.nasa.gov
- “North Carolina Fourth-Tier Air Transportation Market Analysis,” RTI International and the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, RTI Project No. 08339.000 November