A method and device for evaluating flight cabin lock timing

Abstract

The present application provides a flight cabin locking timing evaluation method and device, the method determines the incremental booking revenue of the locked cabin space and the incremental booking revenue of the benchmark cabin space of the target flight after performing the cabin locking operation on the target flight; the incremental booking revenue of the locked cabin space is: the incremental seat booking revenue of the locked cabin space of the target flight at the cabin locking time point compared with the previous time point; the incremental booking revenue of the benchmark cabin space is: the incremental seat booking revenue of the upper cabin space of the locked cabin space in the target flight at the cabin locking time point and the next time point; based on the comparison and analysis of the two increments, the evaluation result of the cabin locking timing of the target flight is obtained; that is, the method can evaluate the cabin locking timing of the flight performing the cabin locking operation, determine whether the cabin locking timing is appropriate, so as to prompt the airline revenue management personnel to reset the cabin locking rules or use the revenue management system to directly perform cabin opening and closing operations according to the judgment results, thereby improving the efficiency of the airline revenue management work.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of data processing, and in particular to a method and a device for evaluating the cabin locking timing of a flight. Background Art

[0002] At present, the core algorithm subsystem of the airline's revenue management system outputs the value of protected seats for designated flights that have not yet departed based on the input of historical sample data and information, through prediction and optimization of the core algorithm. Among them, the input data required for prediction mainly includes historical sample data with inventory data of designated departed flights and historical sample flights with departed flights. If the historical sample data is distorted for various reasons or the prediction accuracy decreases due to changes in the market environment, or even the result with the protected seat value as the final output cannot be used, it is necessary to perform cabin lock and related operations.

[0003] For example, if a designated flight that has not yet departed receives an unexpected large-scale booking, resulting in a rapid increase in sales progress, or if there is a need to lock lower cabin seats among the cabin seats open for sale on departing flights in order to increase sales of higher cabin seats on the flight, both require cabin locking operations on the flights; however, how to determine whether the timing of cabin locking is appropriate is an issue that needs to be addressed urgently. Summary of the invention

[0004] In this regard, the present application provides a method and device for evaluating the cabin locking timing of a flight, which can evaluate the cabin locking timing of a flight performing a cabin locking operation, thereby determining whether the cabin locking timing is appropriate, so as to prompt the airline revenue management personnel to reset the cabin locking rules or use the revenue management system to directly perform cabin opening and closing operations based on the judgment results, filling the gap in similar domestic products and improving the efficiency of airline revenue management.

[0005] To achieve the above objectives, the embodiments of the present invention provide the following technical solutions:

[0006] The first aspect of the present invention discloses a method for evaluating the timing of cabin lock of a flight, comprising:

[0007] After the cabin lock operation is performed on the target flight, the incremental amount of booking revenue of the locked cabin space and the incremental amount of booking revenue of the benchmark cabin space of the target flight are determined; wherein the incremental amount of booking revenue of the locked cabin space is: the incremental amount of booking revenue of the locked cabin space of the target flight at the cabin lock time point compared with the previous time point; the incremental amount of booking revenue of the benchmark cabin space is: the incremental amount of booking revenue of the upper level cabin space of the locked cabin space in the target flight at the cabin lock time point and the next time point;

[0008] Based on the comparison and analysis of the locked cabin space booking revenue increment and the benchmark cabin space booking revenue increment, the cabin locking timing evaluation result of the target flight is obtained; wherein the cabin locking timing evaluation result includes: any one of the cabin locking timing being too early, the cabin locking timing being appropriate, and the cabin locking timing being too late.

[0009] Optionally, the flight lock-in timing evaluation method, which determines the incremental amount of locked space booking revenue of the target flight, includes:

[0010] Respectively obtain the price and booking quantity of the locked seats in the target flight at the locking time point and the previous time point;

[0011] The incremental amount of booking revenue for the locked cabin space is obtained by calculation based on the price of the corresponding cabin space at the locking time point and the previous time point and the booking value of the booked quantity.

[0012] Optionally, the flight cabin lock timing evaluation method, which determines the benchmark cabin booking revenue increment of the target flight, includes:

[0013] Respectively obtain the price and booking volume of the benchmark cabin space of the target flight at the cabin lock time point and the next time point;

[0014] The benchmark cabin space booking revenue increment is obtained by calculation based on the price and booking volume of the cabin space corresponding to the cabin locking time point and the next time point.

[0015] Optionally, the flight cabin locking timing evaluation method, based on comparative analysis of the locked cabin space booking revenue increment and the benchmark cabin space booking revenue increment, obtains the cabin locking timing evaluation result of the target flight, including:

[0016] If the increment of the locked space booking revenue is greater than the increment of the benchmark space booking revenue, the locking timing evaluation result is that the locking timing is too early;

[0017] If the increment of the locked space booking revenue is equal to the increment of the benchmark space booking revenue, the locking timing evaluation result is that the locking timing is appropriate;

[0018] If the increment of the locked cabin space booking revenue is less than the increment of the benchmark cabin space booking revenue, the cabin locking timing evaluation result is that the cabin locking timing is too late.

[0019] Optionally, the flight cabin locking timing evaluation method, based on comparative analysis of the locked cabin space booking revenue increment and the benchmark cabin space booking revenue increment, obtains the cabin locking timing evaluation result of the target flight, including:

[0020] Based on the locked space booking revenue increment and the benchmark space booking revenue increment, a calculation is performed using a preset evaluation formula to obtain a calculation result;

[0021] Based on the calculation result, obtaining the cabin locking timing evaluation result;

[0022] Wherein, the preset evaluation formula is: y=V high ×(1-x)-R low ; V high represents the incremental revenue from benchmark cabin bookings, R low represents the incremental revenue from locked space bookings, x represents the lock-in impact coefficient, and y represents the calculation result.

[0023] Optionally, the above-mentioned flight cabin lock timing evaluation method obtains the cabin lock timing evaluation result based on the calculation result, including:

[0024] If the calculation result is greater than zero, the cabin locking timing evaluation result is that the cabin locking timing is too late;

[0025] If the calculation result is zero, the cabin locking timing evaluation result is that the cabin locking timing is appropriate;

[0026] If the calculation result is less than zero, the cabin locking timing evaluation result is that the cabin locking timing is too early.

[0027] The second aspect of the present invention discloses a device for evaluating the timing of cabin lock of a flight, comprising:

[0028] A determination unit is used to determine the incremental amount of booking revenue of locked cabin space and the incremental amount of booking revenue of benchmark cabin space of the target flight after performing the cabin locking operation on the target flight; wherein the incremental amount of booking revenue of locked cabin space is: the incremental amount of booking revenue of seats of the locked cabin space of the target flight at the cabin locking time point compared with the previous time point; the incremental amount of booking revenue of benchmark cabin space is: the incremental amount of booking revenue of seats of the upper level of the locked cabin space in the target flight at the cabin locking time point and the next time point;

[0029] An evaluation unit is used to compare and analyze the locked cabin space booking revenue increment and the benchmark cabin space booking revenue increment to obtain a cabin locking timing evaluation result of the target flight; wherein the cabin locking timing evaluation result includes: any one of: too early cabin locking timing, appropriate cabin locking timing and too late cabin locking timing.

[0030] Optionally, in the above-mentioned flight cabin lock timing evaluation device, the evaluation unit is specifically used for:

[0031] If the increment of the locked space booking revenue is greater than the increment of the benchmark space booking revenue, the locking timing evaluation result is that the locking timing is too early;

[0032] If the increment of the locked space booking revenue is equal to the increment of the benchmark space booking revenue, the locking timing evaluation result is that the locking timing is appropriate;

[0033] If the increment of the locked cabin space booking revenue is less than the increment of the benchmark cabin space booking revenue, the cabin locking timing evaluation result is that the cabin locking timing is too late.

[0034] Optionally, in the above-mentioned flight cabin lock timing evaluation device, the evaluation unit comprises:

[0035] A calculation unit, configured to calculate based on the locked space booking revenue increment and the benchmark space booking revenue increment by using a preset evaluation formula to obtain a calculation result;

[0036] An evaluation subunit, configured to obtain the cabin locking timing evaluation result based on the calculation result;

[0037] Wherein, the preset evaluation formula is: y=V high ×(1-x)-R low ; V high represents the incremental revenue from benchmark cabin bookings, R low represents the incremental revenue from locked space bookings, x represents the lock-in impact coefficient, and y represents the calculation result.

[0038] Optionally, in the above-mentioned flight cabin lock timing evaluation device, the evaluation subunit is specifically used for:

[0039] If the calculation result is greater than zero, the cabin locking timing evaluation result is that the cabin locking timing is too late;

[0040] If the calculation result is zero, the cabin locking timing evaluation result is that the cabin locking timing is appropriate;

[0041] If the calculation result is less than zero, the cabin locking timing evaluation result is that the cabin locking timing is too early.

[0042] The present invention provides an evaluation method for flight cabin lock timing, comprising: after performing a cabin lock operation on a target flight, determining an incremental amount of locked cabin space booking revenue and an incremental amount of benchmark cabin space booking revenue of the target flight; wherein the incremental amount of locked cabin space booking revenue is: an incremental amount of seat booking revenue of the locked cabin space of the target flight at a cabin lock time point compared with a previous time point; the incremental amount of benchmark cabin space booking revenue is: an incremental amount of seat booking revenue of the upper level cabin space of the locked cabin space in the target flight at a cabin lock time point compared with a later time point; based on comparative analysis of the incremental amount of locked cabin space booking revenue and the incremental amount of benchmark cabin space booking revenue, an evaluation result of the cabin lock timing of the target flight is obtained; wherein the cabin lock timing evaluation result includes: any one of: too early cabin lock timing, appropriate cabin lock timing and too late cabin lock timing; that is, the method provided by the present application can evaluate the cabin lock timing of a flight performing a cabin lock operation, thereby determining whether the cabin lock timing is appropriate, so as to prompt the revenue management personnel of the airline company to reset the cabin lock rules or use the revenue management system to directly perform cabin space switch operations according to the judgment results, thereby filling the gap of similar domestic products and improving the efficiency of the revenue management work of the airline company. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0043] In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings required for use in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only embodiments of the present invention. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on the provided drawings without paying creative work.

[0044] Figure 1 A flowchart of a method for evaluating the timing of cabin lock of a flight provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0045] Figure 2 A flow chart for determining the incremental amount of locked space booking revenue provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0046] Figure 3 A flow chart for determining the incremental revenue of benchmark space booking provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0047] Figure 4 A flow chart of a cabin lock timing evaluation result provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0048] Figure 5 A schematic diagram of a cabin lock timing evaluation result provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0049] Figure 6 A schematic diagram of the structure of an evaluation unit provided in an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0050] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0051] First of all, it should be noted that the revenue management system is a system that uses flight schedules, inventory, departure and freight rate data to automatically manage the inventory of flights that have not departed based on forecasting and optimization models. In actual applications, the revenue management system can generally be divided into a basic version and an upgraded version. Among them, the basic version supports more basic and single functions compared to the upgraded version.

[0052] The present application provides a method for judging the cabin lock timing of a flight, which can evaluate the cabin lock timing of a flight performing a cabin lock operation, thereby determining whether the cabin lock timing is appropriate, so as to prompt the airline revenue management personnel to reset the cabin lock rules or use the revenue management system to directly perform cabin switch operations based on the judgment results, filling the gap in similar domestic products and improving the efficiency of airline revenue management.

[0053] See also Figure 1 The flight cabin lock timing determination method may include the following steps:

[0054] S100: After performing a cabin space locking operation on a target flight, determining an incremental amount of locked cabin space booking revenue and an incremental amount of benchmark cabin space booking revenue of the target flight.

[0055] Among them, the incremental revenue from locked cabin bookings is: the incremental revenue from seat bookings of the locked cabin of the target flight at the point in time when the cabin is locked compared to the previous point in time; the incremental revenue from benchmark cabin bookings is: the incremental revenue from seat bookings of the upper level of the locked cabin of the target flight at the point in time when the cabin is locked and the next point in time.

[0056] It should be noted that the target flight can be a flight of a designated airline that has not yet departed; of course, it can also be a flight that has already departed, depending on the specific application environment and user needs, and all fall within the scope of protection of this application.

[0057] In practical applications, the specific process of determining the incremental revenue of locked space bookings for the target flight can be as follows: Figure 2 As shown, the following steps may be included:

[0058] S200, respectively obtaining the prices and booking quantities of the locked seats in the target flight at the locking time point and the previous time point.

[0059] The prices and booking quantities of the locked seats in the target flight at the locking time and the previous time can be obtained through the airline control system or the revenue management system.

[0060] In actual applications, the cabin price and the number of bookings in the target flight are generally collected once in each collection cycle, and the cabin price and the number of bookings collected each time may be different. The cabin lock time point may be the corresponding collection cycle when the cabin lock operation is performed on the target flight.

[0061] The collection period can be a data collection point, which is called Data collection points in English and abbreviated as D CP ; Generally determined by the number of days from the port, and has a one-to-one correspondence with the number of days from the port. For example: Data collection point D CP20 The corresponding distance from the port is 7 days.

[0062] Specifically, the full English name of the number of departure days is Number of department days, abbreviated as Ndo, which is the number of days between the departure date of the target flight and the system date.

[0063] It should be noted that in actual applications, at each data collection point, through the airline control system or revenue management system, the full data of each flight or flight segment of the airline can be obtained; and the price and booking volume of the corresponding cabin space at the lock time and the previous time point of the locked cabin space in the target flight can be obtained from the full data. Among them, the full data includes but is not limited to: flight number, departure airport, arrival airport, departure date, departure time, flight segment inventory information, and the number of days until the flight departure corresponding to each data collection point. Specifically, the flight segment inventory information generally includes the information of each cabin space and its corresponding booking data and the opening status information of each cabin space.

[0064] It should be noted that the cabin locking strategy data of the target flight can also be obtained from the revenue management system as needed. The cabin locking strategy data generally includes: flight number, flight segment, cabin locking time, cabin locking space, cabin locking triggering conditions, etc.

[0065] Specifically, the cabin locking condition refers to the conditions under which the revenue management system executes the cabin locking operation, which generally include: passenger load factor condition triggering and cabin space reservation quantity triggering, etc.

[0066] In actual application, assuming that the locked cabin is K cabin, the revenue management system will execute the cabin locking operation for K cabin and cabins below K cabin two days before the departure of the target flight or when the booking volume of K cabin reaches 20.

[0067] It should also be noted that the data obtained through the airline control system or revenue management system can be obtained once every 24 hours through night maintenance.

[0068] S202: Calculate based on the price and booking volume of the corresponding space at the time of locking the space and the previous time to obtain the incremental booking revenue of the locked space.

[0069] In practical applications, the income = cabin price × cabin reservation volume can be used to calculate the income corresponding to the locked cabin at the time of cabin locking and the income corresponding to the locked cabin at the previous time. Then, the income corresponding to the locked cabin at the previous time is subtracted from the income corresponding to the locked cabin at the time of cabin locking to obtain the incremental revenue of the locked cabin booking.

[0070] Assume that the incremental revenue from locked space booking is R low The corresponding locked space income at the time of locking is R DCPn , the corresponding locked space income at the previous time point is R DCPn-1 , the corresponding cabin price at the time of cabin locking is P Classi , the corresponding cabin booking volume at the time of cabin lock is BKG Classi , the corresponding cabin price at the previous time point is BKG' Classi , then there is the following mathematical relationship:

[0071]

[0072]

[0073] R low =R DPCn -R DCPn-1 .

[0074] It should be noted that if the cabin locking point is stored and represented in the form of data collection points, then when calculating the incremental revenue from locked cabin bookings, the data stored and represented in the form of data collection points needs to be converted into the corresponding number of days until flight departure.

[0075] However, in actual application, the specific process of determining the incremental revenue of the benchmark cabin booking of the target flight can be as follows: Figure 3 As shown, the following steps may be included:

[0076] S300, respectively obtaining the cabin price and the booking quantity corresponding to the benchmark cabin in the target flight at the cabin locking time point and the next time point.

[0077] Similarly, the specific process of obtaining the space price and the reserved quantity corresponding to the benchmark space in the target flight at the lock time point and the next time point is the same as the principle of step S200, and can be referred to each other, and will not be repeated here.

[0078] S302: Calculate based on the price and booking volume of the cabin space corresponding to the cabin locking time point and the next time point to obtain the incremental revenue of benchmark cabin space booking.

[0079] In practical applications, we can use revenue = cabin price × cabin reservation volume to calculate the revenue of the benchmark cabin at the cabin locking point and the revenue of the benchmark cabin at the next point in time. Then, we can subtract the benchmark cabin revenue corresponding to the cabin locking point from the benchmark cabin revenue corresponding to the next point in time to get the incremental revenue of benchmark cabin booking.

[0080] Assume that the incremental revenue from benchmark cabin booking is V high The corresponding benchmark cabin revenue at the time of cabin locking is V DCPn , the corresponding benchmark cabin revenue at the next time point is V DCPn+1 , the corresponding cabin price at the time of cabin locking is P Classj , the corresponding cabin booking volume at the time of cabin lock is BKG Classj , the corresponding cabin price at the next time point is BKG' Classj , then there is the following mathematical relationship:

[0081]

[0082]

[0083] V high =V DCPn+1 -V DCPn .

[0084] It should be noted that if the cabin lock time point is stored and represented in the form of data collection points, then when calculating the incremental revenue from benchmark cabin bookings, the data stored and represented in the form of data collection points needs to be converted into the corresponding number of days until the flight departs.

[0085] S102: Compare and analyze the incremental amount of booking revenue of the locked cabin space and the incremental amount of booking revenue of the benchmark cabin space to obtain a cabin locking timing evaluation result of the target flight.

[0086] The evaluation result of the cabin locking timing includes: any one of the cabin locking timing being too early, the cabin locking timing being appropriate, and the cabin locking timing being too late.

[0087] In actual application, if the increment of booking revenue of the locked space is greater than the increment of booking revenue of the benchmark space, the evaluation result of the lock timing is that the lock timing is too early. In other words, because the increment of booking revenue of the locked space is greater than the increment of booking revenue of the benchmark space, it means that the revenue brought by the lock is less than the loss, the gain does not outweigh the loss, and the lock timing is too early.

[0088] If the increment of the locked space booking revenue is equal to the increment of the benchmark space booking revenue, the lock timing evaluation result is that the lock timing is appropriate. In other words, because the increment of the locked space booking revenue is equal to the increment of the benchmark space booking revenue, it means that the revenue brought by the lock is equal to the loss, and the lock timing is appropriate.

[0089] If the increment of the locked space booking revenue is less than the increment of the benchmark space booking revenue, the lock timing evaluation result is that the lock timing is too late. In other words, because the increment of the locked space booking revenue is less than the increment of the benchmark space booking revenue, it means that the revenue brought by the lock is greater than the loss, and the lock timing is too late.

[0090] In addition to the above-mentioned method, the specific execution process of step S102, based on the comparison and analysis of the locked space booking revenue increment and the benchmark space booking revenue increment, to obtain the target flight lock space timing evaluation result can also be as follows: Figure 4 As shown, the following steps may be included:

[0091] S400: Based on the increment of the locked space booking revenue and the increment of the benchmark space booking revenue, a calculation is performed using a preset evaluation formula to obtain a calculation result.

[0092] The preset evaluation formula is: y = V high ×(1-x)-R low ; V high represents the incremental revenue from benchmark cabin bookings, R low represents the incremental revenue from locked space bookings, x represents the lock-in impact coefficient, and y represents the calculation result.

[0093] In practical applications, the lock cabin influence coefficient can be a percentage coefficient set in the revenue management system. Its specific value can be determined according to the specific application environment and user needs. This application does not make any specific limitations and all fall within the protection scope of this application.

[0094] S402: Based on the calculation result, a cabin locking timing evaluation result is obtained.

[0095] If the calculated result is greater than zero, the cabin locking timing evaluation result is that the cabin locking timing is too late.

[0096] If the calculation result is equal to zero, the cabin locking timing evaluation result is that the cabin locking timing is appropriate.

[0097] If the calculated result is less than zero, the cabin locking timing evaluation result is that the cabin locking timing is too early.

[0098] In practical applications, the relationship between the preset evaluation formula, calculation results and cabin lock timing evaluation results can be shown in Table 1-1.

[0099] Table 1-1

[0100]

[0101] It should be noted that, in actual applications, the incremental locked cabin booking revenue and the incremental benchmark cabin booking revenue of the target flight can also be determined after the target flight meets the cabin locking trigger conditions. The cabin locking conditions take effect on the target flight, and are not limited to after the cabin locking operation is performed on the target flight. It can be determined based on the specific application environment and user needs, and all fall within the scope of protection of this application.

[0102] Based on the above principles, the flight cabin locking timing evaluation method provided in this embodiment can evaluate the cabin locking timing of the flight performing the cabin locking operation, so as to determine whether the cabin locking timing is appropriate, so as to prompt the airline revenue management personnel to reset the cabin locking rules or use the revenue management system to directly perform cabin opening and closing operations based on the judgment results, filling the gap of similar domestic products and improving the efficiency of airline revenue management.

[0103] It is worth noting that in actual applications, the revenue management system generally uses an iterative method to simulate and calculate the revenue increase of the flight segments before and after the cabin locking point multiple times to analyze and judge the cabin locking timing, which will lead to a decrease in system performance; or, the airline revenue management personnel manually judge the cabin locking timing through a year-on-year and month-on-month qualitative analysis of the sales progress of the flight segments at the cabin locking point, which not only leads to low work efficiency, but also lacks a clear indicator definition and is inevitably prone to misjudgment; the method provided in this application can use comparative analysis to determine the evaluation result of the cabin locking timing as "early", "late" or "appropriate", helping the airline revenue management personnel to reset the cabin locking strategy or operation through the revenue management system or manual operation.

[0104] In addition, the use of the present invention can also provide a theoretical basis for the calculation of the timing of cabin lock for airline revenue managers who do not use a revenue management system to make quantitative or qualitative judgments, which improves the efficiency of system use for airlines using a revenue management system and has a significant positive effect on the increase in revenue for airlines; furthermore, the present invention not only fills the gap in similar domestic products or systems for cabin lock timing judgment for designated airlines and designated flight segments, but also has a good effect on improving the prediction accuracy of the revenue management system and the efficiency of airline revenue management. In particular, for the basic version of the revenue management system with a single function, it can reduce the difficulty of the work of revenue managers and improve work efficiency.

[0105] In combination with the flight cabin lock timing evaluation method provided in the embodiment of the present application, another embodiment of the present application further provides a flight cabin lock timing evaluation device, see Figure 5 The evaluation device for the cabin lock timing of this flight mainly includes:

[0106] The determination unit 100 is used to determine the incremental amount of locked cabin booking revenue and the incremental amount of benchmark cabin booking revenue of the target flight after performing the cabin locking operation on the target flight; wherein the incremental amount of locked cabin booking revenue is: the incremental amount of seat booking revenue of the locked cabin of the target flight at the cabin locking time point compared with the previous time point; the incremental amount of benchmark cabin booking revenue is: the incremental amount of seat booking revenue of the upper level cabin of the locked cabin of the target flight at the cabin locking time point and the next time point.

[0107] The evaluation unit 102 is used to compare and analyze the incremental booking revenue of the locked cabin space and the incremental booking revenue of the benchmark cabin space to obtain an evaluation result of the cabin locking timing of the target flight; wherein the cabin locking timing evaluation result includes: any one of the cabin locking timing being too early, the cabin locking timing being appropriate, and the cabin locking timing being too late.

[0108] Optionally, when determining the incremental amount of locked space booking revenue of the target flight, the determining unit 100 is specifically configured to:

[0109] The prices and booking volumes of the locked seats in the target flight at the locking time and the previous time are obtained respectively.

[0110] The incremental booking revenue for the locked cabin space is calculated based on the price and booking value of the corresponding cabin space at the locking time point and the previous time point.

[0111] Optionally, when determining the benchmark space booking revenue increment of the target flight, the determining unit 100 is specifically configured to:

[0112] The price and booking volume of the benchmark cabin space in the target flight at the cabin lock time and the next time point are obtained respectively.

[0113] The incremental revenue from benchmark cabin bookings is calculated based on the price and booking volume of the cabin space corresponding to the cabin locking point and the next point in time.

[0114] Optionally, the evaluation unit 102 is specifically configured to:

[0115] If the increase in revenue from locked cabin bookings is greater than the increase in revenue from benchmark cabin bookings, the cabin locking timing evaluation result is that the cabin locking timing is too early.

[0116] If the increase in booking revenue of the locked space is equal to the increase in booking revenue of the benchmark space, the evaluation result of the timing of locking the space is that the timing of locking the space is appropriate.

[0117] If the increase in booking revenue of the locked space is less than the increase in booking revenue of the benchmark space, the evaluation result of the timing of locking the space is that the timing of locking the space is too late.

[0118] Optionally, see Figure 6 , the evaluation unit 102 includes:

[0119] The calculation unit 1021 is used to calculate based on the locked space booking revenue increment and the benchmark space booking revenue increment using a preset evaluation formula to obtain a calculation result.

[0120] The evaluation subunit 1022 is used to obtain a cabin locking timing evaluation result based on the calculation result.

[0121] The preset evaluation formula is: y = V high ×(1-x)-R low ; V high represents the incremental revenue from benchmark cabin bookings, R low represents the incremental revenue from locked space bookings, x represents the lock-in impact coefficient, and y represents the calculation result.

[0122] Optionally, the evaluation subunit 1022 is specifically used for:

[0123] If the calculated result is greater than zero, the cabin locking timing evaluation result is that the cabin locking timing is too late.

[0124] If the calculation result is equal to zero, the cabin locking timing evaluation result is that the cabin locking timing is appropriate.

[0125] If the calculated result is less than zero, the cabin locking timing evaluation result is that the cabin locking timing is too early.

[0126] In the flight cabin lock timing evaluation device provided in this embodiment, the determination unit 100 is used to determine the locked cabin space booking revenue increment and the benchmark cabin space booking revenue increment of the target flight after the cabin lock operation is performed on the target flight; wherein the locked cabin space booking revenue increment is: the increment of seat booking revenue of the locked cabin space of the target flight at the cabin lock time point compared with the previous time point; the benchmark cabin space booking revenue increment is: the increment of seat booking revenue of the upper cabin space of the locked cabin space in the target flight at the cabin lock time point and the next time point; the evaluation unit 102 is used to determine the locked cabin space booking revenue increment based on the locked cabin space booking revenue increment. The cabin locking timing evaluation result of the target flight is obtained by comparing the cabin locking revenue increment and the benchmark cabin booking revenue increment; wherein, the cabin locking timing evaluation result includes: any one of the cabin locking timing being too early, the cabin locking timing being appropriate, and the cabin locking timing being too late; that is, the present application can evaluate the cabin locking timing of the flight performing the cabin locking operation, thereby determining whether the cabin locking timing is appropriate, so as to prompt the airline revenue management personnel to reset the cabin locking rules or use the revenue management system to directly perform cabin opening and closing operations according to the judgment results, thus filling the gap of similar domestic products and improving the efficiency of the airline revenue management work.

[0127] The features recorded in the various embodiments in this specification can be replaced or combined with each other, and the same and similar parts between the various embodiments can refer to each other, and each embodiment focuses on the differences from other embodiments. In particular, for the system or system embodiment, since it is basically similar to the method embodiment, the description is relatively simple, and the relevant parts can refer to the partial description of the method embodiment. The system and system embodiments described above are only schematic, wherein the units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components displayed as units may or may not be physical units, that is, they may be located in one place, or they may be distributed on multiple network units. Some or all of the modules can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the scheme of this embodiment. Ordinary technicians in this field can understand and implement it without paying creative work.

[0128] Professionals may further appreciate that the units and algorithm steps of each example described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in electronic hardware, computer software, or a combination of the two. In order to clearly illustrate the interchangeability of hardware and software, the composition and steps of each example have been generally described in the above description according to function. Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Professionals and technicians may use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered to be beyond the scope of the present invention.

[0129] The above description of the disclosed embodiments enables one skilled in the art to implement or use the present invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be apparent to one skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein may be implemented in other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. Therefore, the present invention will not be limited to the embodiments shown herein, but rather to the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

[0130] It should also be noted that, in this article, relational terms such as first and second, etc. are only used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply any such actual relationship or order between these entities or operations. Moreover, the terms "include", "comprise" or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device including a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, article or device. In the absence of further restrictions, the elements defined by the sentence "comprise a ..." do not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article or device including the elements.

Claims

1. A method for evaluating the timing of cabin lock of a flight, characterized in that: include: After the cabin lock operation is performed on the target flight, the incremental amount of booking revenue of the locked cabin space and the incremental amount of booking revenue of the benchmark cabin space of the target flight are determined; wherein the incremental amount of booking revenue of the locked cabin space is: the incremental amount of booking revenue of the locked cabin space of the target flight at the cabin lock time point compared with the previous time point; the incremental amount of booking revenue of the benchmark cabin space is: the incremental amount of booking revenue of the upper level cabin space of the locked cabin space in the target flight at the cabin lock time point and the next time point; Based on the comparison and analysis of the locked cabin space booking revenue increment and the benchmark cabin space booking revenue increment, the cabin locking timing evaluation result of the target flight is obtained; wherein the cabin locking timing evaluation result includes: any one of the cabin locking timing being too early, the cabin locking timing being appropriate, and the cabin locking timing being too late.

2. The method for evaluating flight cabin lock timing according to claim 1, characterized in that: Determine the incremental revenue from locked space bookings for the target flight, including: Respectively obtain the price and booking quantity of the locked seats in the target flight at the locking time point and the previous time point; The incremental amount of booking revenue for the locked cabin space is obtained by calculation based on the price of the corresponding cabin space at the locking time point and the previous time point and the booking value of the booked quantity.

3. The method for evaluating flight cabin lock timing according to claim 1, characterized in that: Determine the incremental revenue from benchmark cabin bookings for the target flight, including: Respectively obtain the price and booking volume of the benchmark cabin space of the target flight at the cabin lock time point and the next time point; The benchmark cabin space booking revenue increment is obtained by calculation based on the price and booking volume of the cabin space corresponding to the cabin locking time point and the next time point.

4. The method for evaluating flight cabin lock timing according to claim 1, characterized in that: Based on the comparison and analysis of the locked space booking revenue increment and the benchmark space booking revenue increment, the cabin locking timing evaluation result of the target flight is obtained, including: If the increment of the locked cabin booking revenue is greater than the increment of the benchmark cabin booking revenue, the cabin locking timing evaluation result is that the cabin locking timing is too early; If the increment of the locked space booking revenue is equal to the increment of the benchmark space booking revenue, the locking timing evaluation result is that the locking timing is appropriate; If the increment of the locked cabin space booking revenue is less than the increment of the benchmark cabin space booking revenue, the cabin locking timing evaluation result is that the cabin locking timing is too late.

5. The method for evaluating flight cabin lock timing according to claim 1, characterized in that: Based on the comparison and analysis of the locked space booking revenue increment and the benchmark space booking revenue increment, the cabin locking timing evaluation result of the target flight is obtained, including: Based on the locked space booking revenue increment and the benchmark space booking revenue increment, a calculation is performed using a preset evaluation formula to obtain a calculation result; Based on the calculation result, obtaining the cabin locking timing evaluation result; Wherein, the preset evaluation formula is: y = V high ×(1-x)-R low ; V high represents the incremental revenue from benchmark cabin bookings, R low represents the incremental revenue from locked space bookings, x represents the lock-in impact coefficient, and y represents the calculation result.

6. The method for evaluating flight cabin lock timing according to claim 5, characterized in that: Based on the calculation result, the cabin lock timing evaluation result is obtained, including: If the calculation result is greater than zero, the cabin locking timing evaluation result is that the cabin locking timing is too late; If the calculation result is zero, the cabin locking timing evaluation result is that the cabin locking timing is appropriate; If the calculation result is less than zero, the cabin locking timing evaluation result is that the cabin locking timing is too early.

7. An evaluation device for flight cabin lock timing, characterized in that: include: A determination unit is used to determine the incremental amount of booking revenue of locked cabin space and the incremental amount of booking revenue of benchmark cabin space of the target flight after performing the cabin locking operation on the target flight; wherein the incremental amount of booking revenue of locked cabin space is: the incremental amount of booking revenue of seats of the locked cabin space of the target flight at the cabin locking time point compared with the previous time point; the incremental amount of booking revenue of benchmark cabin space is: the incremental amount of booking revenue of seats of the upper level of the locked cabin space in the target flight at the cabin locking time point and the next time point; An evaluation unit is used to compare and analyze the locked cabin space booking revenue increment and the benchmark cabin space booking revenue increment to obtain a cabin locking timing evaluation result of the target flight; wherein the cabin locking timing evaluation result includes: any one of: too early cabin locking timing, appropriate cabin locking timing and too late cabin locking timing.

8. The flight cabin lock timing evaluation device according to claim 7, characterized in that: The evaluation unit is specifically used for: If the increment of the locked cabin booking revenue is greater than the increment of the benchmark cabin booking revenue, the cabin locking timing evaluation result is that the cabin locking timing is too early; If the increment of the locked space booking revenue is equal to the increment of the benchmark space booking revenue, the locking timing evaluation result is that the locking timing is appropriate; If the increment of the locked cabin space booking revenue is less than the increment of the benchmark cabin space booking revenue, the cabin locking timing evaluation result is that the cabin locking timing is too late.

9. The flight cabin lock timing evaluation device according to claim 7, characterized in that: The evaluation unit comprises: A calculation unit, configured to calculate based on the locked space booking revenue increment and the benchmark space booking revenue increment by using a preset evaluation formula to obtain a calculation result; An evaluation subunit, configured to obtain the cabin locking timing evaluation result based on the calculation result; Wherein, the preset evaluation formula is: y = V high ×(1-x)-R low ; V high represents the incremental revenue from benchmark cabin bookings, R low represents the incremental revenue from locked space bookings, x represents the lock-in impact coefficient, and y represents the calculation result.

10. The flight cabin lock timing evaluation device according to claim 9, characterized in that: The evaluation subunit is specifically used for: If the calculation result is greater than zero, the cabin locking timing evaluation result is that the cabin locking timing is too late; If the calculation result is zero, the cabin locking timing evaluation result is that the cabin locking timing is appropriate; If the calculation result is less than zero, the cabin locking timing evaluation result is that the cabin locking timing is too early.

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