Aircraft ground operations: steps towards automation

The state of the art of aircraft ground-handling operations at airports is analysed. The overall automation of these activities is addressed and the main challenges to be overcome to build safe and efficient-automated ground-handling systems are identified. The most promising opportunity appears in...

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Published inCEAS aeronautical journal Vol. 10; no. 3; pp. 965 - 974
Main Authors Alonso Tabares, Diego, Mora-Camino, Felix
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Vienna Springer Vienna 01.09.2019
Springer Nature B.V
Springer
Subjects
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
Aircraft
Airports
Automatic
Automation
Docking
Engineering
Engineering Sciences
Ground operations
Ground support equipment
Original Paper
Airport ground operations
Automation
Aircraft turnaround time
Ground handling
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Summary:The state of the art of aircraft ground-handling operations at airports is analysed. The overall automation of these activities is addressed and the main challenges to be overcome to build safe and efficient-automated ground-handling systems are identified. The most promising opportunity appears in the short term with docking of ground support equipment to aircraft, then with further autonomous vehicles moving around the aircraft and later with new automated systems within the aircraft. A concept for automated vehicles operation around the aircraft is also presented.
ISSN:1869-5582
1869-5590
DOI:10.1007/s13272-019-00390-5