Salt Lake City Airport
Practice this beginner-friendly strategic decision case interview question from EY in the Transportation sector. Includes detailed problem prompt, clarifying questions, structured framework, and expert recommendation. Part of ProHub's 835+ consulting case library.
This is a highly structured brainstorming case focused on market sizing at an airport. Rather than using a traditional business framework, candidates are expected to think about airport stakeholder dynamics (passengers, airlines, vendors) and quantitatively estimate passenger volumes using multiple approaches (flight-based or population-based). The case rewards structured thinking and the ability to apply real-world context without explicit frameworks.
Clarifying Information
The case provides multiple clarifying questions and answers throughout:
-
What is a passenger? A passenger is measured by a person who passes through the airport, either to board or deplane an aircraft. People who are passing through the airport on a layover switching planes are considered one passenger.
-
What about people dropping off friends at the airport? Taxi drivers, Uber drivers, and people picking up their friends are not passengers.
-
How about Pilots, Flight Attendants, and TSA Workers? We are only counting people who have a paid ticket to fly, not people at the airport for their job.
-
Are we counting only one-ways or roundtrips? We are considering each visit to the airport. For example, a family of four traveling roundtrip from SLC to Los Angeles for vacation would count as 8 passengers (4 when they leave and 4 when they return).
Practice More Case Interview Questions
Browse 835+ real consulting case interview examples from top firms. Filter by difficulty, company, industry, or case type. Or try our AI mock interview for instant feedback and scoring.