Price Analyzer (PA) Presented by : Yudith Carmazzi Sulakshman Madala Vikas Reddy Vellakonda

News About Crude Oil prices and Airlines Industry Facts : In the latest Lundberg Survey, folks paying the lowest average price were in Tucson, Arizona, at $3.41 a gallon. “This doesn't mean that we will get there," she said. "Crude oil will decide.” – CNN “Airlines are on pace for another year of deep losses because of rising jet fuel costs.” – NY Times

Problems found in the Airline Industry Fluctuating Gas prices - Gas prices have been fluctuating a lot over the past 5 years as a result of the constant increase in the international crude oil prices Increase in Competition - Like any other major industry, the survival of the Airline industry depends up on keeping themselves in top with their competitors Slow economy – With the impact of the great recession and a slow recovery, There is a real slow economic activity among the individuals and the business customers Seasonal Increase in Demand

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Why Data Warehouse? We should be able to answer the following questions: How Oil prices affected the number of travelers Prices for most frequent flight route How Oil prices affect the number of seats available in the plane Prices for most frequent days traveled Least and Most efficient fuel efficient planes Number of travelers per airline

Dimensions Airplane Data ( air plane type, airline, seats avail, seats occupied) Date (Year, Quarter, Month, Day) Crude Oil Prices (crude oil price) Flight Routes (Departure City, departure state, arrival city, arrival state, miles traveled) Fact Tables Number of Customers Travelled Revenue Generated Routes Planes Size Number of miles traveled