Browsing Flight Transportation Laboratory Reports by Title

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    • A comparative analysis of area navigation systems for general aviation 

      Dodge, Steven Malcolm (Cambridge, Mass. : MIT, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1973], 1973)
      Within the next decade area navigation is to become the primary method of air navigation within the United States. There are numerous radio navigation systems that offer the capabilities of area navigation to general ...

    • Comparison of optimization techniques for origin-destination seat inventory control 

      Williamson, Elizabeth Louise ([Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology], Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1988], 1988)
      Airlines have recently realized the importance of an effective seat inventory control system on revenues and profits. Yet, at the same time, there is a lack of practical optimization models for determining the number of ...

    • Competition between traditional and low-cost airlines for local hub traffic 

      Nissenberg, James M. ([Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology], Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1996], 1996)
      It is conventional wisdom among informed observers of the U.S. airline industry that the passengers who fly full-service, hub-and-spoke-style, "traditional" airlines like American, United and Delta are significantly different ...

    • Competitive behavior of airlines at multiple airport systems 

      Chen, Edmund ([Cambridge, Mass.] : Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1995], 1995)
      The way passenger traffic is distributed at multiple airport systems continues to intrigue air transportation planners, urban planners, and policy-makers as researchers attempt to unravel how airlines, air travelers and ...

    • Competitive impacts of yield management system components : forecasting and sell-up models 

      Skwarek, Daniel Kew ([Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology], Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1996], 1996)
      The focus of revenue management research efforts has historically been on the development of seat optimizers which find revenue maximizing booking limits by fare class in a nested fare class structure. Significantly less ...

    • A comprehensive assessment of air transportation in Mainland China 

      Tam, Koon-Ho Joseph ([Cambridge, Mass.] : Flight Transportation Laboratory, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, [1975], 1975)
      This study attempts to obtain an overall picture of air transportation in Mainland China, domestic and international, past and present, so as to lay the ground for further studies. A brief history of early aviation development ...

    • Computer program development specification for the air traffic control subsystem of the Man-Vehicle Systems Research Facility. 

      Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Flight Transportation Laboratory (Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1982], 1982)
      Functional summary: The Air Traffic Control (ATC) Subsystem of the Man-Vehicle System Research Facility (MVSRF) is a hardware/software complex which provides the MVSRF with the capability of simulating the multi-aircraft, ...

    • A computer simulation of Tampa International Airport's landside terminal and shuttles 

      Blumer, Terry P.; Simpson, R. W.; Wiley, John R. (Cambridge : MIT, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Flight Transportation Laboratory, 1976, 1976)
      TOPSIM, a terminal simulation package developed at M.I.T., was used to simulate Tampa's landside terminal and to study its capacity-congestion characteristics as traffic levels increase. Tampa has no congestion problems ...

    • Computerized schedule construction for an airbus transportation system 

      Simpson, R. W. ([Cambridge, Mass.] : Massachusetts Institute of Technology Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1966], 1966)
      As part of a continuing study of the application of V/STOL aircraft to the transportation problems of the Northeast Corridor, the U.S. Department of Commerce has requested that detailed data be developed on schedules, ...

    • Concentration in U.S. air transportation : an analysis of origin-destination markets since deregulation 

      Van Acker, Jan (Cambridge, Mass. : Flight Transportation Laboratory, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, [1991], 1991)
      The thesis examined the effects on competition of deregulation in the airline industry by analyzing changes in concentration over the ten-year period 1979-1989 in two sets of origin-destination city-pair markets: the top ...

    • Concept development and evaluation of airborne traffic displays 

      Imrich, Thomas (Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Flight Transportation Laboratory [1971], 1971)
      A system concept for a cockpit traffic situation display (TSD) was developed and a preliminary evaluation was undertaken to investigate the effect of a TSD on safety, efficiency, and capacity in the 3rd generation NAS/ARTS ...

    • Concepts studies for future intracity air transportation systems 

      Joint DOT-NASA Civil Aviation Research and Development Policy Study.; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Flight Transportation Laboratory ([Cambridge, Mass.] : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept, of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1970], 1970)
      Summary: This report is concerned with describing the possible application of future air transportation systems within urban areas of the United States. The planning horizon extends to 1995 and the report focuses on the ...

    • Congestion delays at hub airports 

      St. George, Martin J. ([Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology], Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1986], 1986)
      A deterministic model was developed to study the effects of inefficient scheduling on flight delays at hub airports. The model bases the delay calculation on published schedule data and on user-defined airport capacities. ...

    • Controller and computer display interface in an advanced terminal area ATC system 

      Dopart, Kevin Peter (Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1980], 1980)
      Controller and display interactions and information requirements in an advanced Air Traffic Control (ATC) system are investigated. A description of the present ATC system and of some proposed developments for the future ...

    • The cost of noise reduction for departure and arrival operations of commercial tilt rotor aircraft 

      Faulkner, Henry B.; Swan, William M. (Cambridge, Mass. : Flight Transportation Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, [1976], 1976)
      The relationship between direct operating cost (DOC) and noise annoyance due to a departure and an arrival operation was developed for commercial tilt rotor aircraft. This was accomplished by generating a series of tilt ...

    • The cost of noise reduction for powered-lift S.T.O.L. aircraft 

      Moore, Wesley F. (Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1973], 1973)
      The direct operating costs and noise impacts of a wide variety of Externally Blown Flap and Augmentor Wing STOL short haul transport aircraft designs were evaluated to study the costs of noise reduction for these types of ...

    • The cost of noise reduction in commercial tilt rotor aircraft 

      Faulkner, Henry B. (Cambridge, Mass. : Flight Transportation Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, [1974], 1974)
      The relationship between direct operating cost and departure noise annoyance was developed for commercial tilt rotor aircraft. This was accomplished by generating a series of tilt rotor aircraft designs to meet various ...

    • The cost of noise reduction in helicopters 

      Faulkner, Henry B. (Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1971], 1971)
      The relationship between noise reduction and direct operating cost was studied for transport helicopters. A large number of helicopter preliminary designs was generated with the help of a computer program. Vehicles were ...

    • Creating new operational concepts for global automated ATM systems 

      Simpson, R. W.; Advanced Workshop on Air Traffic Management (Cambridge, MA : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1995], 1995)
      With the availability of new CNS technologies (Communications, Navigation and Guidance, Surveillance) as described by the ICAO FANS agreement and the potential of new tools for Automation at the ATC controller's console, ...

    • A critical review of world jet transport safety 

      Achtmann, Eric D. (Cambridge, MA : MIT, Dept. of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1995], 1995)
      This thesis is intended to serve as a comprehensive introduction to world jet transport safety and aviation fire safety. Divided into six sections, this thesis contains: 1) a statistical review of overall levels of safety ...