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Airport
ground processes still conceal a considerable potential for improvement
of time efficiency. Recent studies from Eurocontrol Performance Review
Commission prove that insufficient punctuality in air transport results
mainly from variance in off-block times. This leads to poor
predictability throughout the whole air transport system and to
sizeable inefficiencies.
Aim
of proposed project is to develop and assess solutions for airport
process improvement in terms of time efficiency regarding both,
passenger transfer and aircraft turnaround in an integrated approach.
Therefore, representatives of nearly all directly or indirectly
involved stakeholders (airports, airlines, aircraft manufacturers,
technological suppliers, security service providers etc.) gathered to
work conjoined on this project.
Elaboration
of potential solutions will comprise compilation of
currently discussed solution approaches (e.g. CDM, Total Airport
Management etc.) as well as development of new opportunities focussing
on three main process chains:
- passenger processes
- baggage processes
- aircraft turnaround processes
Emphasis
is placed on identifying every solution achieving the most
promising target contribution instead of going into details of a
certain approach. Each solution – first particular and in a
later phase integrated solution scenarios – deemed expedient,
become assessed by dint of simulating characteristic traffic scenario
into two generic airport reference models. These airport models are
assigned to represent one hub airport (e.g. with a substantial part of
connecting passengers) and one medium-sized airport (e.g.
point-to-point and low-cost traffic), defined and generated in the
context of this project. Suchlike models are lacking so far and could
actually be used for other projects and assessments.
Achievement will be a ranking list specifying promising solutions as
basis for future development, reference models as well as a systematic
scheme for future airport assessments.
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