SATS Life Cycle Costs in an Air Taxi Operation

2003-01-3038

09/08/2003

Event
World Aviation Congress & Exposition
Authors Abstract
Content
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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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2003-01-3038
Pages
10
Citation
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.
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Published
Sep 8, 2003
Product Code
2003-01-3038
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English