Issues regariding the compatibility of airports and proposed large and high speed aircraft

摘要

In order to accommodate this increasing demand, major aircraft manufacturers are now undertaking studies and research bo uild the new-technology aircraft cited above. For the next few years, Boeing is actually considering the development of stretched derivatives of the current 747 [Boeing, 1994; Gervais, 1994] known as 747-500X and 747-600X, whereas Airbus is developing a new aircraft to carry over 500 passengers-the A3XX. Both Boeing and Airbus, however, have plans to build a completely new aircraft, which will be able to carry up to 800 passengers in a tri-class configuration. The air transportation community has termed new large aircraft "NLA" for all new aircraft developments large than the current 747. The NLA, or double-decker, would have an upper deck all along the fuselage, allwing a passenger capacity up to 100 passengers [Chevallier & Gamper, 1996].