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ARGE-SCALE AIRLINE TICKET PRICE PREDICTION USING ENSEMBLE MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS

Topluluk Makine Öğrenimi Algoritmaları Kullanarak Büyük Ölçekli Havayolu Bilet Fiyatı Tahmini

Muzaffer Ertürk(NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0002-1968-9210
Murat Emeç(İstanbul Üniversitesi)0000-0002-9407-1728
Ayşe Atılgan Sarıdoğan(ÇANAKKALE ONSEKİZ MART ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0001-5160-7687
Nabi Küçükgergerli(İSTANBUL SAĞLIK VE TEKNOLOJİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0003-2995-5188
Pages
436–446
Publication Date
2025-06-30
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The results offer valuable insights for both passengers seeking cost-effective travel and airline stakeholders aiming to optimise revenue management strategies.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Airline ticket price prediction represents a highly complex and dynamic challenge, primarily due to the multifactorial and time-sensitive nature of airline pricing strategies.
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Key Findings & Data:Accurate forecasting of ticket prices holds substantial value for both consumers, by enabling optimal purchase decisions, and airline companies, by supporting data-driven revenue management and dynamic pricing.
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Conclusion & Impact:The results offer valuable insights for both passengers seeking cost-effective travel and airline stakeholders aiming to optimise revenue management strategies.
🔬Design:Modeling & Simulation
📍Scope:Comprehensive Sample
⚙️Variables:Uçak bileti fiyat tahmini · Makine öğrenimi · Topluluk yöntemleri

Abstract

Airline ticket price prediction represents a highly complex and dynamic challenge, primarily due to the multifactorial and time-sensitive nature of airline pricing strategies. Accurate forecasting of ticket prices holds substantial value for both consumers, by enabling optimal purchase decisions, and airline companies, by supporting data-driven revenue management and dynamic pricing. In this study, we conduct a comprehensive analysis of a large-scale flight booking dataset obtained from the “Ease My Trip” platform, encompassing over 300,000 records of flight options between major Indian metropolitan cities. A suite of advanced machine learning algorithms, including Linear Regression, CatBoost, LightGBM, Random Forest, and XGBoost, was implemented to model and predict ticket prices. A comparative evaluation of these models reveals that ensemble and boosting algorithms, particularly XGBoost and Random Forest, deliver superior predictive performance, with XGBoost achieving an R² of 0.98 and a mean absolute error (MAE) of $2,035.51. These findings underscore the critical importance of employing robust machine learning techniques and incorporating a diverse set of features for reliable airline ticket price prediction. The results offer valuable insights for both passengers seeking cost-effective travel and airline stakeholders aiming to optimise revenue management strategies.

Özet

Havayolu bileti fiyat tahmini, öncelikle havayolu fiyatlandırma stratejilerinin çok faktörlü ve zamana duyarlı doğası nedeniyle oldukça karmaşık ve dinamik bir zorluğu temsil eder. Bilet fiyatlarının doğru tahmini, hem tüketiciler için optimum satın alma kararlarını mümkün kılarak hem de havayolu şirketleri için veri odaklı gelir yönetimi ve dinamik fiyatlandırmayı destekleyerek önemli bir değer taşır. Bu çalışmada, büyük Hint metropol şehirleri arasındaki 300.000'den fazla uçuş seçeneği kaydını kapsayan "Ease My Trip" platformundan elde edilen büyük ölçekli bir uçuş rezervasyonu veri setinin kapsamlı bir analizini yürütüyoruz. Lineer Regresyon, CatBoost, LightGBM, Random Forest ve XGBoost dahil olmak üzere bir dizi gelişmiş makine öğrenimi algoritması, bilet fiyatlarını modellemek ve tahmin etmek için uygulandı. Bu modellerin karşılaştırmalı bir değerlendirmesi, özellikle XGBoost ve Random Forest olmak üzere topluluk ve artırma algoritmalarının üstün tahmin performansı sağladığını, XGBoost'un 0,98'lik bir R² ve 2.035,51$'lık bir ortalama mutlak hata (MAE) elde ettiğini ortaya koymaktadır. Bu bulgular, sağlam makine öğrenimi tekniklerinin kullanılmasının ve güvenilir uçak bileti fiyat tahmini için çeşitli özelliklerin dahil edilmesinin kritik önemini vurgulamaktadır. Sonuçlar, hem uygun maliyetli seyahat arayan yolcular hem de gelir yönetimi stratejilerini optimize etmeyi amaçlayan havayolu paydaşları için değerli içgörüler sunmaktadır.

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Ertürk, M., Emeç, M., Sarıdoğan, A. A., Küçükgergerli, N. (2025). ARGE-SCALE AIRLINE TICKET PRICE PREDICTION USING ENSEMBLE MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS. NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ SOSYAL BİLİMLER DERGİSİ, Cilt: 13 Sayı: 1, 436–446. https://doi.org/10.52122/nisantasisbd.1719245

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