Question: Problem 2. Next week, Super Discount Airlines has a flight from New York to Los Angeles that will be booked to capacity. Revenue from a
Problem 2.
Next week, Super Discount Airlines has a flight from New York to Los Angeles that will be booked to capacity. Revenue from a ticket on the flight is $125. If the flight is overbooked, the airline has a policy of getting the customer on the next available flight and giving the person some coupons, which in total incurs a cost of $250. Assume that in this case the customer does not need to pay for the original ticket.
Past history show that the number of no-shows has the following distribution
No-shows: Probability
1 0.2
2 0.3
3 0.25
4 0.1
5 0.15
a. What are the unit underage cost and overage cost?
b. By how many seats should Super Discount overbook the flight?
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