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

The time required to board an airplane directly influences an airplane's turn-around time, ie,
the time that the airplane requires at the gate between two flights. Thus, the turn-around time …

A simple and e cient algorithm for nding the closest points between two convex polyhedra is
described here. Data from numerous experiments tested on a broad set of convex polyhedra …

Air Transportation is a major contributor to international mobility and has high requirements
to ensure safe and secure operations. Aircraft ground operations are impacted significantly …

This paper addresses the airplane passengers' seat assignment problem while practicing
social distancing among passengers. We proposed a mixed integer programming model to …

Airlines have recently instituted practices to reduce the risk of their passengers becoming
infected with the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Some airlines block their airplanes' …

The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has imposed the need for a series of social distancing
restrictions worldwide to mitigate the scourge of the COVID-19 pandemic. This applies to …

The corona pandemic significantly changes the processes of aircraft and passenger
handling at the airport. In our contribution, we focus on the time-critical process of aircraft …

Airline Operations and Delay Management fills a gap within the area of airline schedule
planning by addressing the close relationships between network development, economic …

We describe a new method to assign seats and to board passengers on an airplane that
minimizes the total time to board. Steffen (2008) presents an optimum boarding method that …