Research Article
A Simplified Model to Assess the Influence of the Configuration of Commercial Aircraft on Boarding and Deboarding
Table 5
Comparison of boarding and deboarding times for the three aircraft configurations.
| | Boarding procedure | Configuration | (min:sec) | reduction (%) | reduction (min:sec) | Cost savings (US$/turnaround) |
| | Random | | 16:32 | — | — | — | | 15:28 | 6.47 | 1:04 | 32.10 | | 13:57 | 15.66 | 2:35 | 77.70 | | Outside-in | | 13:30 | — | — | — | | 13:01 | 3.56 | 0:29 | 14.40 | | 12:35 | 6.81 | 0:55 | 27.60 |
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