Air Transportation Research: Recent submissions
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Estimation of Potential Aircraft Fuel Burn Reduction in Cruise Via Speed and Altitude Optimization Strategies
(2011-04-13)Environmental performance has become a dominant theme in all transportation sectors. As scientific evidence for global climate change mounts, social and political pressure to reduce fuel burn and CO2 emissions has increased ... -
Improvement of Terminal Area Capacity in the New York Airspace
(2011-02-17)The New York airspace is the most congested in the U.S. air transportation network. Increasing capacity in this area is critical to ensure the balanced growth of traffic across the U.S. This study compares the total ... -
Demonstration of Reduced Airport Congestion Through Pushback Rate Control
(2011-02-02)Airport surface congestion results in significant increases in taxi times, fuel burn and emissions at major airports. This paper presents the field tests of a control strategy to airport congestion control at Boston Logan ...
