2015, vol. 5, núm. 1

Summary

  • Airport surface access and mobile apps 

    Martín-Domingo, Luis; Martín, Juan Carlos (Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeries Industrial i Aeronàutica de Terrassa. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015)
    Article
    Open Access
    Purpose: Airport Surface Access faces two main opposite issues: (1) cars, being the main transport mode, contribute to the increasing level of congestion and pollution of cities; and (2) simultaneously, parking fees are ...

  • Developing a model for solving the flight perturbation problem 

    Nickkar, Amirreza; Seyed-Hosseini, Seyed-Mohammad; Javanshir, Hassan; Khaksar, Hasan (Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeries Industrial i Aeronàutica de Terrassa. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015)
    Article
    Open Access
    Purpose: In the aviation and airline industry, crew costs are the second largest direct operating cost next to the fuel costs. But unlike the fuel costs, a considerable portion of the crew costs can be saved through ...

  • Evolution of the airport and air transport industry in Colombia and its impact on the economy 

    Díaz Olariaga, Oscar; Ávila Álvarez, Jaime (Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeries Industrial i Aeronàutica de Terrassa. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015)
    Article
    Open Access
    This article aims to describe the development and evolution of the airports and air transport industry in Colombia. During the past fifteen years Colombia has witnessed a remarkably rapid and dynamic growth in air ...

  • The deceleration of aircraft in overrun accidents from the point of first impact to the end of the wreckage path 

    Pitfield, David E. (Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeries Industrial i Aeronàutica de Terrassa. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015)
    Article
    Open Access
    Purpose: This paper outlines previous attempts to model aircraft deceleration and using a newer database containing a greater number of observations tries to refine the model. Design/methodology: It is noted that data ...