Abstract Current research in the field of future aircraft concepts aims at accommodating ambitious reduction goals set by national and international regulators. These concepts should be investigated not only with regard to aircraft efficiency, but also in terms of their compatibility with airline operations, existing ground handling procedures and airport infrastructure requirements, as these influence the overall performance of a future aircraft concept. This paper addresses this aspect, focusing on case studies concerning hybrid-electric and universally-electric aircraft concepts, analyzing implications for current ground handling operations at the airport. Current bottlenecks, such as capacity shortages, and potential areas of improvement are identified based on a state-of-the-art reference ground handling process. To this end, requirements of different stakeholders, including airports, airlines and ground handling providers, are outlined. In the next step, insights are contrasted with operational requirements of the future aircraft concepts under consideration. The paper stresses the anticipated challenges involved in aligning future aircraft requirements with current procedures, discusses the necessary adaptions to operational processes. The results highlight changes that need to be made to the current system before an aircraft can enter service, and provide an initial basis for the strategic planning of the stakeholders involved.
Highlights Future aircraft concepts aim at ambitious reduction goals. These concepts must be compatible with airline operations. The paper focuses on hybrid-electric and universally-electric aircraft concepts. The results highlight changes that need to be made to the current.
Challenges for ground operations arising from aircraft concepts using alternative energy
Journal of Air Transport Management ; 56 ; 107-117
2016-01-01
11 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Future aircraft concepts , Ground handling , Turnaround , Airport , Airline , APU , Auxiliary Power Unit , CDM , Collaborative Decision Making , DOC , Direct Operating Cost , EC , European Commission , EIS , Entry Into Service , FL , Flight Level , GSE , Ground Support Equipment , HTS , High-Temperature Super-conducting , LNG , Liquefied Natural Gas , MLW , Maximum Landing Weight , MTOW , Maximum Take-Off Weight , OWE , Operating Weight Empty , RPK , Return Passenger Kilometers , PAX , Passenger , SFS , Sideways Foldable Seat , SUGAR , Subsonic Ultra Green Aircraft Research , TRL , Technology Readiness Level , UESA , Universally-Electric System Architecture , ULD , Unit Load Device
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