Low Carbon Airports: Toward a More Realistic, Cost-Effective, and Greener Ground Movement Through Active Routing—Part I: Optimal Speed Profile Generation

Chen, J. ; School of Engineering, University of Lincoln, Lincoln LN6 7TS, U.K. ; Weiszer, M. ; Stewart, P. ; Shabani, M. Among all airport operations, aircraft ground movement plays a key role in improving overall airport capacity as it links other airport operations. Moreover, ever-increasing air traffic, rising costs, and tighter environmental targets create […]

The trade-off between taxi time and fuel consumption in airport ground movement

The trade-off between taxi time and fuel consumption in airport ground movement • S. Ravizza, J. Chen, J. A. D. Atkin, P. Stewart and E. K. Burke Public Transport: Volume 5, Issue 1 (2013), Page 25-40 http://www.springerlink.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&id=doi:10.1007/s12469-013-0060-1 Abstract Environmental issues play an important role across many sectors. This is particularly the case in the air […]