Analysis of airplane boarding times

Eitan Bachmat; Daniel Berend; Luba Sapir; Steven Skiena; Natan Stolyarov

doi:10.1287/opre.1080.0630

Analysis of airplane boarding times

Eitan Bachmat, Daniel Berend, Luba Sapir, Steven Skiena, Natan Stolyarov

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We model and analyze the process of passengers boarding an airplane. We show how the model yields closed-form estimates for the expected boarding time in many cases of interest. Comparison of our computations with previous work, based on discrete-event simulations, shows a high degree of agreement. Analysis of the model reveals a clear link between the efficiency of various airline boarding policies and a congestion parameter that is related to interior airplane design parameters, such as distance between rows. In particular, as congestion increases, random boarding becomes more attractive among row-based policies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	499-513
Number of pages	15
Journal	Operations Research
Volume	57
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.1080.0630
State	Published - 1 Mar 2009

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Management Science and Operations Research

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