Open AccessDesign and shared use of a terminal departure lounge for new large aircraft operations
Author(s) -
de Barros Alexandre G.,
Wirasinghe S. C.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of advanced transportation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 2042-3195
pISSN - 0197-6729
DOI - 10.1002/atr.5670360205
Subject(s) - terminal (telecommunication) , queueing theory , aeronautics , transport engineering , computer science , pier , engineering , operations research , simulation , telecommunications , computer network , civil engineering
New Large Aircraft (NLA) are new aircraft developments larger than any existing aircraft. The NLA's higher seat capacity will significantly impact passenger terminal design and operations. This paper focuses on the issues regarding the departure lounge. Deterministic queuing theory is used to determine the size and seating configuration of the lounge, as well as to decide whether a second level should be built to accommodate the increase in the number of passengers. The paper also discusses the use of the satellite section of a pier‐satellite terminal as a single lounge for the NLA. Spreadsheets are used to implement the analyses.