Boarding and Turnaround Process Assessment of Single- and Twin-Aisle Aircraft

Schmidt, Michael; Heinemann, Philipp; Hornung, Mirko

doi:10.2514/6.2017-1856

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“…Also the removal of the metal strap, which is located under standard seat and avoids hand luggage to move around the cabin, affects the stowage capability of the aircraft cabin. Considering today's high amount of hand luggage, this aspect is a major drawback of the foldable seat concept [43,60]. Furthermore, the mandatory seat belt demands a redesign to prevent getting blocked.…”

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“…Fuchte [17] focusses on the aircraft design and, in particular, the impact of aircraft cabin modifications with regard to the boarding efficiency. Schmidt et al [43] and Schmidt and Heinemann [44] evaluate novel aircraft layout configurations and seating concepts for regional, single-and twin-aisle aircraft with 50-300 seats. Schultz [45] implemented the innovative Side-Slip Seat [46] and demonstrates benefit during passenger boarding, when passengers can pass each other in the aircraft aisle.…”

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Advancements in Passenger Processes at Airports from Aircraft Perspective

Schultz

Schmidt

2018

Sustainability

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We provide an overview about the research done in the field of airport and airline operations with a specific focus on a fast, reliable and sustainable passenger boarding. The reliable prediction operational processes along the aircraft air-ground trajectory demands a comprehensive consideration of economic, environmental, and handling constraints of airlines and airports. In particular, the critical process of passenger boarding is driven by passengers' ability to follow the proposed boarding procedures and is not controlled by operational experts. In this paper we implement and compare two individual-based approaches which cover both specific passenger behavior during boarding and operational airline constraints. Both models used similar input values, but exhibit different magnitudes in the benefit evaluation. Furthermore, we demonstrate that there are still unused potentials to further improve boarding progress by using innovative infrastructural adaptations inside the aircraft cabin.

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Advancements in Passenger Processes at Airports from Aircraft Perspective

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Schmidt

2018

Sustainability

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“…Fuchte [40] addresses aircraft design and, in particular, the impact of aircraft cabin modifications with regard to the boarding efficiency. Schmidt et al [41,42] evaluate novel aircraft layout configurations and seating concepts for single-and twin-aisle aircraft with 180-300 seats. The innovative approach to dynamically changing the cabin infrastructure through a Side-Slip Seat is evaluated by Schultz [43].…”

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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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“…According to Airbus, the boarding rate amounts to 15 passengers/min (PPM) per door [23]. Other estimations range from 18 to 30 PPM [24]. Under these directives, a boarding rate of 18 PPM per door is assumed for the simulation runs.…”

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A Generic Approach to Analyze the Impact of a Future Aircraft Design on the Boarding Process

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Abstract:The turnaround process constitutes an important part of the air transportation system. Airports often represent bottlenecks in air traffic management (ATM), thus operations related to the preparation of the aircraft for the next flight leg have to be executed smoothly and in a timely manner. The ATM significantly depends on a reliable turnaround process. Future paradigm changes with respect to airplane energy sources, aircraft design or propulsion concepts will also influence the airport layout. As a consequence, operational processes associated with the turnaround will be affected. Airlines aim for efficient and timely turnaround operations that are correlated with higher profits. This case study discusses an approach to investigate a new aircraft design with respect to the implications on the turnaround. The boarding process, as part of the turnaround, serves as an example to evaluate the consequences of new design concepts. This study is part of an interdisciplinary research to investigate future energy, propulsion and designs concepts and their implications on the whole ATM system. Due to these new concepts, several processes of the turnaround will be affected. For example, new energy storage concepts will influence the fueling process on the aircraft itself or might lead to a new infrastructure at the airport. This paper aims to evaluate the applied methodology in the case of a new boarding process, due to a new aircraft design, by means of a generic example. An agent-based boarding simulation is applied to assess passenger behavior during boarding, particularly with regard to cabin layout and seat configuration. The results of the generic boarding simulation are integrated into a simplified, deterministic and generic simulation of the turnaround process. This was done to assess the proposed framework for future investigations which on the one hand address the ATM system holistically and on the other, incorporate additional or adapted processes of the turnaround.

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Boarding and Turnaround Process Assessment of Single- and Twin-Aisle Aircraft

Cited by 23 publications

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Advancements in Passenger Processes at Airports from Aircraft Perspective

Advancements in Passenger Processes at Airports from Aircraft Perspective

Fast Aircraft Turnaround Enabled by Reliable Passenger Boarding

A Generic Approach to Analyze the Impact of a Future Aircraft Design on the Boarding Process

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