Scheduling Procedure To Smooth The Flow of Air Traffic and Extend The Minimum Connect Time To a Greater Number of Passengers
First Claim
1. A method for scheduling airplanes comprising the steps of:
- scheduling both first directional flights and second directional flights to arrive at an airport within a first duration of time; and
scheduling both said first and second directional flights to depart from said airport within a second duration of time, wherein said first and second duration of times are equal in length;
wherein by scheduling both said first and second directional flights to arrive at said airport within said first duration of time and by scheduling both said first and second directional flights to depart from said airport within said second duration of time, passengers of said first and second directional flights arriving at said airport have a same connect time profile.
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Abstract
A method for scheduling airplanes. Eastbound and westbound flights are scheduled to arrive to and depart from an airport within a small period of time (e.g., 5 minutes). By now scheduling both eastbound and westbound flights to arrive to and depart from an airport within a small block of time, the flow of air traffic is smoothed. Further, the scheduling structure of the present invention allows the passenger'"'"'s connect time profile to be the same for all the passengers thereby extending the minimum connect time to a greater number of passengers. Further, the scheduling structure of the present invention allows staggered gating (gates are paired in such as a manner as to function as a single gate) thereby expanding gate separation as well as allowing a reduction or an elimination of the gap in times in the services being performed above and below the wings of an aircraft.
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12 Claims
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1. A method for scheduling airplanes comprising the steps of:
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scheduling both first directional flights and second directional flights to arrive at an airport within a first duration of time; and scheduling both said first and second directional flights to depart from said airport within a second duration of time, wherein said first and second duration of times are equal in length; wherein by scheduling both said first and second directional flights to arrive at said airport within said first duration of time and by scheduling both said first and second directional flights to depart from said airport within said second duration of time, passengers of said first and second directional flights arriving at said airport have a same connect time profile. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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