25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-7.6.1

PASSENGER ACCEPTABILITY ASSESSMENT MODEL-METHODOLOGY FOR FUTURE CUSTOMER-ORIENTATED AIRCRAFT CABIN DESIGN

K. O. Ploetner, R. Wittmann
TU Munich, Germany

Keywords: passenger acceptance, comfort, aircraft cabin, passenger segmentation

The purpose of this paper is to present a technique for evaluating the passenger acceptance of an aircraft cabin, mainly cabin design, seat layout and the cabinīs enviroment. The developed methodology includes the passenger reaction on motion, noise, seating comfort and movement behaviour especially on long-range flights.

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