Date of Award

Spring 2008

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Program/Concentration

Aerospace Engineering

Committee Director

Jeremiah F. Creedon.

Committee Member

Colin P. Britcher

Committee Member

Brett Newman

Call Number for Print

Special Collections; LD4331.E535 K54 2008

Abstract

This is a documentation of the research that has been conducted by T. Khetia of the Batten College of Engineering and Technology at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. The report summarizes fuel efficiency studies of aircraft operations in the National Airspace System (NAS).

This research was conducted to analyze the Hub-and-Spoke (H&S) system operations in the NAS and how a change in the balance of the H&S system would affect fuel efficiency metrics in the NAS. Several fuel metrics were calculated during the research in order to find out which metric would best represent the desired operation of the NAS. Parametric studies of the load factors of the aircraft were performed to observe the change that this parameter has on the system. Furthermore, a brief cost analysis was performed to view the financial effect of the possible shift in the H&S operations that were conducted in this research. Results of the study summarize that, for a fixed number of passengers, the H&S operations are less costly to society and to the airline, whereas the point-to-point (PTP) operations required less time for passengers in the system.

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DOI

10.25777/tajj-rm34

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