Omran Al-Shamma

Research

A Comparative Study of Cost Estimation Models used For Preliminary Aircraft Design

Article December 1, 2014

Estimation of the direct operating cost (DOC), seat mile cost (SMC) and price of the aircraft, is an important aspect in commercial transport aircraft design. The operating costs are classified into two categories which are direct operating cost (DOC) and indirect operating cost (IOC). IOC is difficult to estimate well, since it depends on the […]