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Títol: Impact of using wide or narrow-body aircraft on short-haul flights

Estudiants que han llegit aquest projecte:

Director/a: MULET MORATÓ, ROGER

Departament: FIS

Títol: Impact of using wide or narrow-body aircraft on short-haul flights

Data inici oferta: 22-07-2020     Data finalització oferta: 22-03-2021


Estudis d'assignació del projecte:
    GR ENG SIST AEROESP
Tipus: Individual
 
Lloc de realització: EETAC
 
Paraules clau:
Wide-body, Narrow-body, Route study, Impact, Analisys, Aircraft
 
Descripció del contingut i pla d'activitats:
Nowadays, or at least before Covid-19, flying was very easy.
Everyone who desired to go anywhere in the world just had to
search for a ticket and buy it. This easiness of flying made
some touristic destinations very affluent. Therefore, there are
many flights a day for these destinations, some of them within
less than 1-hour. Then, the question easily came, why do they
have so many different flights instead of putting all the people
in just one? This could possibly be more efficient in many
different ways.

The aim of this project is to study the impact of using a wide
body plane instead of several narrow body planes for a specific
touristic destination.

First, the current situation and the evolution of the market
over the years will be analysed. Afterwards, a comparison of the
operation using different planes will be made. For this, the
situation of the airports and the airspace, the maintenance of
the different planes, the different crew, fuel needed and other
parameters can be taken into account. To end with the project a
conclusion will be made with the obtained results.
 
Overview (resum en anglès):
The aim of this project is to study whether is better to use wide- or narrow-body
aircrafts in short-haul flights. Research into short-haul flights shows that there are
multiple flights a day travelling the same journey, some of them within less than onehour difference.

As a passenger, having a range of choices to plan a trip is a positive aspect, as any
option would be suitable for their schedule. But, knowing that the airspace is
reaching its maximum capacity and aviation is not environment friendly, the decision
to make a study to determine if these problems could be diminished seemed
mandatory.

The project will follow the next structure. First, an analysis of the evolution of the air
traffic in Europe until the current moment and some predictions for the future will be
made. Then, a research of what type of planes are preferably used for the different
existing routes will be done. Later, the journey between Josep Tarradellas
Barcelona-El Prat airport and Gran Canaria airport will be studied and compared if it
would be better performed with an A320 or an A330. This study will consist in
stablishing the route travelled, examine the weight and balance of both planes and
conduct an economical and environmental research. Finally, the results will be
revealed and a final conclusion will be made.

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