TIP OF THE WEEK:

Identify the number of airports that both Aer Lingus and Ryanair depart from and compare overlapping ones.

Start setting up your query using the yellow query filters:

Now select the following fields as Results Objects.

Your screen should look like the image below (click on the chart to view a larger image)

Click on Run Query and select ‘EI’ and ‘FR’ as your ‘Carrier Airline Code(s)’ and ‘2006-11-13’ as your ‘Week Commencing Date’
Now click ‘OK’ to run the report. 

Max Online will display the overall number of flights by carrier for the week commencing 13th November 2006 (click on the chart to view larger image).

To easily identify the airports that both airlines depart from, follow the steps below.

Step 1 – Hover the mouse over the table so that a grey border appears.  Now right click and select the ‘Turn To’ option.  From the ‘Tables’ sub-menu select the ‘Crosstab’ option which is positioned in the bottom left.

MAX Online changes the format of the table as shown in the image below.

Step 2 –Right click within the data contained in the ‘Frequency’ column and select the ‘Format Number’ option.  From the ‘Number Format’ sub-menu select ‘Number’, highlight the 1,235; - 1,235 option in the ‘Properties’ box and tick the ‘Custom’ option as shown in the image below.

Step 3 – In the ‘Positive’ box remove the three decimals.

Step 4 – Press ‘OK’.

Now the report shows the number of flights that depart from the same airports for both Aer Lingus and Ryanair.

You can edit the format of your report to look like the table below using the ‘Properties’ options.

If you need help with any of the functions available within OAG MAX Online or if you require any additional ad-hoc analysis, please do not hesitate to contact us.