Evaluating Classical Airplane Boarding Methods for Passenger Health during Normal Times
The COVID-19 pandemic has produced changes in the entire aviation industry, including adjustments by airlines to keep the middle seats of airplanes empty to reduce the risk of disease spread. In this context, the scientific literature has introduced new metrics related to passengers’ health when com...
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| description | The COVID-19 pandemic has produced changes in the entire aviation industry, including adjustments by airlines to keep the middle seats of airplanes empty to reduce the risk of disease spread. In this context, the scientific literature has introduced new metrics related to passengers’ health when comparing airplane boarding methods in addition to the previous objective of minimizing boarding time. As the pandemic concludes and the aviation industry returns to the pre-pandemic situation, we leverage what we learned during the pandemic to reduce the health risk to passengers when they are not social distancing. In this paper, we examine the performance of classical airplane boarding methods in normal times but while considering the health metrics established during the pandemic and new metrics related to passenger health in the absence of social distancing. In addition to being helpful in normal times, the analysis may be particularly helpful in situations when people think everything is normal but an epidemic has begun prior to being acknowledged by the medical scientific community. The reverse pyramid boarding method provides favorable values for most health metrics in this context while also minimizing the time to complete boarding of the airplane. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0e0139032dcc47d2b51577fbb49f861f2023-11-30T22:52:54ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172022-03-01127323510.3390/app12073235Evaluating Classical Airplane Boarding Methods for Passenger Health during Normal TimesCamelia Delcea0R. John Milne1Liviu-Adrian Cotfas2Department of Economic Informatics and Cybernetics, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 010552 Bucharest, RomaniaDavid D. Reh School of Business, Clarkson University, 333 B.H. Snell Hall, Potsdam, NY 13699, USADepartment of Economic Informatics and Cybernetics, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 010552 Bucharest, RomaniaThe COVID-19 pandemic has produced changes in the entire aviation industry, including adjustments by airlines to keep the middle seats of airplanes empty to reduce the risk of disease spread. In this context, the scientific literature has introduced new metrics related to passengers’ health when comparing airplane boarding methods in addition to the previous objective of minimizing boarding time. As the pandemic concludes and the aviation industry returns to the pre-pandemic situation, we leverage what we learned during the pandemic to reduce the health risk to passengers when they are not social distancing. In this paper, we examine the performance of classical airplane boarding methods in normal times but while considering the health metrics established during the pandemic and new metrics related to passenger health in the absence of social distancing. In addition to being helpful in normal times, the analysis may be particularly helpful in situations when people think everything is normal but an epidemic has begun prior to being acknowledged by the medical scientific community. The reverse pyramid boarding method provides favorable values for most health metrics in this context while also minimizing the time to complete boarding of the airplane.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/7/3235airplane boardingagent-based modelingreverse pyramidone-door boardingsymmetrical boardinghealth risk assessment |
| spellingShingle | Camelia Delcea R. John Milne Liviu-Adrian Cotfas Evaluating Classical Airplane Boarding Methods for Passenger Health during Normal Times Applied Sciences airplane boarding agent-based modeling reverse pyramid one-door boarding symmetrical boarding health risk assessment |
| title | Evaluating Classical Airplane Boarding Methods for Passenger Health during Normal Times |
| title_full | Evaluating Classical Airplane Boarding Methods for Passenger Health during Normal Times |
| title_fullStr | Evaluating Classical Airplane Boarding Methods for Passenger Health during Normal Times |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluating Classical Airplane Boarding Methods for Passenger Health during Normal Times |
| title_short | Evaluating Classical Airplane Boarding Methods for Passenger Health during Normal Times |
| title_sort | evaluating classical airplane boarding methods for passenger health during normal times |
| topic | airplane boarding agent-based modeling reverse pyramid one-door boarding symmetrical boarding health risk assessment |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/7/3235 |
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