27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-1.5.1

COST-RANGE TRADE-OFF IN THE DESIGN AND OPERATION OF LONG RANGE TRANSPORT AIRPLANES

R. Martinez-Val, E. Perez, C. Cuerno, J. L. Palacin
E.T.S.I. Aeronauticos (UPM), Spain

Keywords: transport airplanes, economics, performances, operation, design

The paper shows the environmental and operating cost savings achieved on designing long range airliners for shorter ranges. Main operating weights would be greatly reduced, although the flight time would increase. An overall cost, including DOC, passenger time value and environmental charges will be the figure of merit for comparisons.

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