The ground operational processes are the connecting element between aircraft en-route
operations and airport infrastructure. An efficient aircraft turnaround is an essential …

This article presents a novel approach to incorporate the aircraft turnaround, which has
recently been identified as one of the major contributors to airline delay, into existing …

Low cost carriers usually operate from no-frills budget terminals which are designed for
quick aircraft turnaround, faster passenger connections with minimal inter-gate passenger …

The topic of airplane boarding is receiving increasing attention in practice and in the
scientific literature. Shorter boarding times can reduce the time an airplane spends at the …

Evaluating the performance of complex systems, such as air traffic management (ATM), is a
challenging task. When regarding aviation as a time-continuous system measured in value …

Making) goal of accurate turnaround time prediction in not met by traditional deterministic
models or best guessing. During this research, the influence of the stochastic arrival process …

Publicly available aircraft airborne and ground movement data pave the way to new
advanced analyses of complex behaviours and collaborative decision making tools for the …

The data-driven analysis of aircraft movement data from public available sources provides
further insights into the complex airport operations, beyond the capabilities of analytical and …

While the current turnaround handling shows poten-tial for prediction and reliability
improvement, the turnaround management approach (GMAN) of the Department of Air …

Passenger boarding is always part of the critical path of the aircraft turnaround: both efficient
boarding and online prediction of the boarding progress are essential for a reliable …