Research Article

Modelling the Air Ticket Purchase Behavior Incorporating Latent Class Model

Table 4

Results of the nested logit model.

VariableCoefficient

Peak-hour flight3.162 (0.000)
Normal day-time flight3.245 (0.000)
Evening flight3.076 (0.065)
Normal train1.890 (0.158)
High-speed train2.764 (0.076)
Private car0.561 (0.111)
Rented car0.874 (0.107)
Daytime coach0.145 (0.000)
Age−0.231 (0.000)
Occupation0.086 (0.354)
Position0.149 (0.027)
Income0.017 (0.216)
Frequent travel purpose0.159 (0.000)
Long-distance frequency−0.356 (0.000)
Purchase date for business−0.002 (0.218
Purchase date for leisure−0.016 (0.219)
Origin0.001 (3.654)
Destination−0.001 (1.769)
Travel purpose0.032 (0.000)
Travel distance−0.005 (0.119)
Departure time−0.184 (0.379)
Travel time−1.017 (0.062)
Delay time−0.514 (0.000)
Access time−0.043 (0.650)
Air fare−1.015 (0.000)
Normal train fare−0.547 (0.095)
High-speed train fare−0.972 (0.000)
Rented car fare−0.867 (0.821)
Private car fare−0.708 (0.104)
Coach fare−0.559 (2.732)
Loglikelihood function: −2596.37
Pseudo R2 (ρ2): 0.35

Significant at the 1% level. Significant at the 5% level. Significant at the 10% level.