Introduction
<p>
Aviation delays are on the rise as a consequence of
disproportionate growth of the air transportation demand.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in
fiscal year 1987, u. S. commercial air carriers enplaned a
total of 444.3 million passengers. Of this total, 415.0
millon were counted as domestic enplanements and 29.3 millon
as international enplanements [FAA, 1988a]. Over the 12-year
forecast period, domestic enplanements are forecast to
increase by an average annual rate of 4.6 percent...<p>
From the economical point of view, current statistics show
that approximately three billion dollars are paid by air
travelers due to the delay in U.S. alone( Aviation Week &
Space Technology, 1989] â ¢ Therefore, proper actions are
required to identify and facilitate a reduction in flight
delays and prevent their projected growth... / Master of Science
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/40681 |
| Date | 20 January 2010 |
| Creators | Kim, Han Yong |
| Contributors | Civil Engineering, Trani, Antonio A., Hobeika, Antoine G., Walker, Richard D. |
| Publisher | Virginia Tech |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Master's project |
| Format | BTD, application/pdf |
| Relation | LD5655.V851_1990.K535.pdf |
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