Abstract
Seat and aisle interferences are assumed to be linked with a prolonged boarding time along with several other aspects related to airplane boarding such as: luggage handling, luggage distribution inside the cabin, number of passengers, passengers’ physique characteristics, group behavior, seat selection, aircraft occupancy, aircraft design, etc. Based on these assumptions, a series of proposed boarding methods, underlying their efficiency starting from the absence or limited presence of these types of interferences, are proposed. The present paper aims to analyze whether the different types of seat or aisle interferences do matter for the overall boarding time by considering 24 boarding methods proposed in the literature. A series of specific elements related to interferences, such as: the average waiting time, the average number of interferences based on their types, and the average number of interference-affected passengers, have been considered. Also, the presence of multiple interferences in different parts of the aircraft has been analyzed in order to offer a complete picture of the considered situation. An agent-based model in NetLogo 6.0.4, fed with values form field trials within the literature is created and used for simulations, which enables the agents to act like real passengers involved in an airplane boarding process.
Highlights
Airplane boarding is a major process with a direct influence on an airline company’s total costs
The present paper aims to analyze the effects aisle and seat interferences have on the overall boarding time, by focusing on the average waiting times generated by each type of interference, the number of affected passengers, and the average number of interferences encountered within a boarding process
The present paper analyses the potential influence the seat and aisle interferences might have on the overall boarding time by considering 24 boarding methods from the literature
Summary
Airplane boarding is a major process with a direct influence on an airline company’s total costs. Minimizing the costs is contributing to the airline company’s sustainability and long term performance but is influencing the air quality as the airplanes are spending less time in the terminal and the quantity of services offered by an airport without investing in new infrastructure. Recent data published by Eurocontrol [5] showed that the average delay time per airplane, in Europe has increased by 9.11% in 2017 compared to 2016, reaching a level of 12.4 min of delay. Knowing that the number of flights are over 10,190,900 flights per year [5] only in Europe, the amount generated by the airplane delay becomes considerable within the whole industry
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