27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-1.5.2

AIRCRAFT DESIGN FOR LOW COST GROUND HANDLING - THE FINAL RESULTS OF THE ALOHA PROJECT

P. Krammer, O. Junker*, D. Scholz
Hamburg Univ. of Applied Sciences, Germany; *Airport Reseach Center GmbH, Germany

Keywords: aircraft design, ground handling, direct operating costs

This paper presents innovative aircraft designs that exhibit a potential to minimize turnaround time and ground handling costs. The manufacturers have already announced successors of the B737 and A320. For the first time in history, the requirements of low cost airlines can be taken into account when designing new aircraft.

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