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year as that noted for 1968. Revenues are expected to increase from the $2,365,200 for 1968 to a yearly total of $4,137,000 for 1972, with expenses following at the same rate.

The passenger revenue was computed by applying the proposed fares in each market to the number of passengers produced by its forecast. Six markets are expected to produce 262,100 passengers in the first year year of full operations. Three of these are airport to city center markets; two are inter-airport, and the sixth is the Washington-Baltimore city center movement. The passengers and the anticipated revenues from these markets are as follows.

[[underlined]] Airport-City Center | Passengers | Revenue [[/underlined]]
Dulles-Washington | 61,100 | $519,300
Friendship-Washington | 27,000 | 256,600
National-Baltimore | 4,900 | 59,200

[[underlined]] Inter-Airport [[/underlined]]
Dulles-National | 59,200 | $503,400
Friendship-National | 69,800 | 663,400

[[underlined]] City Centers [[/underlined]]
Washington-Baltimore | 40,000 | $400,000

No significant passenger traffic is expected between National and downtown Washington or between Baltimore city center and Friendship. Similarly, no forecast was made with respect to a movement between Dulles on the one hand and Friendship or Baltimore on the other.

The airport-city center movement was reached by assuming a 4 percent penetration of the local originating traffic and a 10 percent penetration of the connecting traffic. The inter-airport portion of the connecting traffic was estimated at one-third with respect to the