This paper presents an evaluation of the influence of aircraft configuration on the boarding and deboarding times using a simplified model and computer simulation. Boarding and deboarding times are important to airlines since both procedures are part of the critical path of the turnaround time (TAT) of aircraft in airports. During the TAT, a series of activities are performed in the aircraft in order to prepare it for the next flight. A reduction in boarding and deboarding times may represent a reduction in TAT for airlines. For the comparisons, three aircraft configurations are used: single aisle (“six abreast”), single aisle (“five abreast”), and single aisle (“four abreast”), all with the same number of passengers. For the boarding analyses, two boarding procedures are used: random and random outside-in. The aircraft interior configuration holds the shortest boarding times; deboarding times are similar for the three configurations. Also, a sensitivity analysis is carried out, and the results show that the higher the aircraft occupancy and the number of passengers with carry-on baggage, the higher are boarding and deboarding times, with the having the lowest times in comparison with the other two configurations.

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评估商用飞机的配置对登机和登机的影响的简化模型

本文使用简化的模型和计算机仿真来评估飞机配置对登机和登机时间的影响。登机和登机时间对航空公司而言很重要，因为这两个程序都是飞机在飞机上的周转时间（TAT）的关键路径之一。在TAT期间，飞机上进行了一系列活动，以便为下一次飞行做准备。登机和登机时间的减少可能意味着航空公司的TAT减少。为了进行比较，使用了三种飞机配置：单通道 （“六个并列”），单通道 （“五个并排”）和单个过道 （“四个并列”），所有乘客人数相同。对于登机分析，使用了两种登机程序：随机和从外而内。的飞机内部配置使登机时间最短；三种配置的下车时间相似。此外，还进行了敏感性分析，结果表明，飞机的占用率和随身行李的乘客数量越高，登机和登机时间就越长， 与其他两种配置相比具有最低的时间。