THE  IMPACT OF SEAT REDESIGN IN CHANGING THE AIRCRAFT BOARDING STRATEGY

Simona BLÎNDU

Authors

Simona BLÎNDU University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest

Keywords:

seat, aircraft, cabin, boarding, strategy, redesign

Abstract

The aerospace industry and its accelerated development leads to new strategies that the airline companies must take into account to deal with the large number of passengers that pass through the airport daily. This paper addresses a current concern regarding aircraft passenger boarding time. Due to economical, social, operational or time reasons, both airports and airlines have interests in decreasing passenger boarding time. The boarding efficiency has been studied over the years and several reports have appeared in the literature. The aim of this paper is to propose a new approach of boarding which is closely related to a new redesigned concept of low-cost aircraft seats.

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Author Biography

Simona BLÎNDU, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest

Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Department of Engineering Graphics and Industrial Design;

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