Influence of Passenger Comfort Requirements on the Interior Layout of Long-Haul Aircraft

Mikhail Yu Kuprikov,Alexander A Orekhov,Yan Naing Min,Yelizaveta D Shulga

doi:10.13189/cea.2021.090323

Abstract

The plane has become a convenient method of transportation. The main idea of aviation in the 21st century is the safety of passengers and crew, but the human is always inclined towards comfort. The structural and parametric analysis of the long-haul aircraft development made it possible to form the concept of the fuselage layout with capsule accommodation of passengers. By adding the third axis to the dimension of the aircraft expressed in take-off mass, it clearly showed the ultimate dimension of the aircraft, expressed by modern infrastructural constraints. The histogram of the distribution of flights between the largest airports in the world that can operate with long-haul aircraft was showed. The distribution of large airports was characterised by the demographic factor. The proposed variant of the capsule accommodation, designed for the Boeing 777-200LR, can be installed in other passenger airliners with a ceiling height of at least 2.1 m. Analysis of alternative options for the layout of the passenger compartment allows us to state: with a flight range of more than 8 hours, the flight is comfortable only in business or first classes. The proposed two-story capsule placement allows providing the layout with first-class seats in a given cabin.

Highlights

The slogan “to fly the fastest and farthest” has received an economic connotation in the 21st century
The main idea of aviation in the 21st century is the safety of passengers and crew while meeting the requirements for comfort
The structural-parametric analysis of the development of long-haul aircraft made it possible to form the concept of the fuselage layout with capsule accommodation of passengers

Summary

Introduction

The slogan “to fly the fastest and farthest” has received an economic connotation in the 21st century. The development of long-haul aircraft of the Boeing and Airbus families (Figure 1), covers all the many park problems that exist in the World. Since June 29, 2004, this flight was the longest in the world It was cancelled in October 2012 for purely economic reasons. These airports are represented by red dots on the world map below (Fig. 3).

Search for a Rational Aerodynamic Balancing Scheme of a Long-Range Aircraft

Methods of Increasing the Comfort Levels in an Aircraft

Findings

Conclusions