A new method for boarding passengers onto an airplane

Milne, R. John; Kelly, A. Roger

doi:10.1016/j.jairtraman.2013.08.006

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“…In particular, the problem of blocked overhead compartments could not be solved by operational strategies, but with increased compartment capacity or a more restrictive airline policy regarding the amount of allowed hand luggage. If the airline does not react to high numbers of hand luggage items, a boarding approach to allow for evenly distributed hand luggage throughout the cabin is provided by [29].…”

Section: Stochastic Boarding Modelmentioning

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Field Trial Measurements to Validate a Stochastic Aircraft Boarding Model

Schultz

2018

Aerospace

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Efficient boarding procedures have to consider both operational constraints and the individual passenger behavior. In contrast to the aircraft handling processes of fueling, catering and cleaning, the boarding process is more driven by passengers than by airport or airline operators. This paper delivers a comprehensive set of operational data including classification of boarding times, passenger arrival times, times to store hand luggage, and passenger interactions in the aircraft cabin as a reliable basis for calibrating models for aircraft boarding. In this paper, a microscopic approach is used to model the passenger behavior, where the passenger movement is defined as a one-dimensional, stochastic, and time/space discrete transition process. This model is used to compare measurements from field trials of boarding procedures with simulation results and demonstrates a deviation smaller than 5%.

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Section: Stochastic Boarding Modelmentioning

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Field Trial Measurements to Validate a Stochastic Aircraft Boarding Model

Schultz

2018

Aerospace

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“…In order to explore the dynamic properties of passengers' motions in airplane boarding, Tang et al (2012a,b) proposed a new airplane boarding model with consideration of passengers' individual properties. Recently, Milne and Kelly (2014) proposed a new method based upon Steffen by assigning individual passengers to seats based on the amount of luggage they carry. They assign passengers to seats so that their luggage is distributed evenly throughout the plane.…”

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Reducing airplane boarding time by accounting for passengers' individual properties: A simulation based on cellular automaton

Qiang

Jia

Xie

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Journal of Air Transport Management

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“…Based on a boarding strategy from Steffen [28], Milne and Kelly [33] develop a method that assigns passengers to seats so that their luggage is distributed evenly throughout the cabin, assuming a less time-consuming process for finding available storage in the overhead bins. Qiang et al [34] propose a boarding strategy that allows passengers with a large amount of hand luggage to board first.…”

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“…In particular, the problem of blocked overhead compartments could not be solved by operational strategies, but with increased compartment capacity or a more restrictive airline policy regarding the amount of hand luggage allowed. If the airline does not react to high numbers of hand luggage items, an adopted boarding approach could result in evenly distributed hand luggage throughout the aircraft cabin [33].…”

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Fast Aircraft Turnaround Enabled by Reliable Passenger Boarding

Schultz

2018

Aerospace

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Future 4D aircraft trajectories demand comprehensive consideration of environmental, economic, and operational constraints, as well as reliable prediction of all aircraft-related processes. Mutual interdependencies between airports result in system-wide, far-reaching effects in the air traffic network (reactionary delays). To comply with airline/airport challenges over the day of operations, a change to an air-to-air perspective is necessary, with a specific focus on the aircraft ground operations as major driver for airline punctuality. Aircraft ground trajectories primarily consists of handling processes at the stand (deboarding, catering, fueling, cleaning, boarding, unloading, loading), which are defined as the aircraft turnaround. Turnaround processes are mainly controlled by ground handling, airport, or airline staff, except the aircraft boarding, which is driven by passengers' experience and willingness/ability to follow the proposed boarding procedures. This paper provides an overview of the research done in the field of aircraft boarding and introduces a reliable, calibrated, and stochastic aircraft boarding model. The stochastic boarding model is implemented in a simulation environment to evaluate specific boarding scenarios using different boarding strategies and innovative technologies. Furthermore, the potential of a connected aircraft cabin as sensor network is emphasized, which could provide information on the current and future status of the boarding process.

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A new method for boarding passengers onto an airplane

Cited by 91 publications

References 8 publications

Field Trial Measurements to Validate a Stochastic Aircraft Boarding Model

Field Trial Measurements to Validate a Stochastic Aircraft Boarding Model

Reducing airplane boarding time by accounting for passengers' individual properties: A simulation based on cellular automaton

Fast Aircraft Turnaround Enabled by Reliable Passenger Boarding

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