Optimal airplane passenger seating configurations and methods th

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1993-10-13

1997-03-18

Kashnikow, Andres

Aeronautics and astronautics

Aircraft structure

Passenger or crew accommodation

2441185, 105344, B61D 3300, B64D 1106

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active

056115032

ABSTRACT:
A process for arranging seats within an airplane to provide optimal combinations of passenger comfort and space utilization. The process involves calculating the average passenger comfort level in each possible row configuration using the comfort levels enjoyed by passengers seated in different seating environments created by adjacent occupied seats, empty seats, sidewalls and aisles, each such comfort level being weighted by the portion of passengers who would be seated in the seating environments at each possible load factor and the frequency of occurrence of that load factor. The row configuration with the highest passenger comfort level may be installed in the airplane. The results of this optimization can be either (i) enjoyed by passengers in the form of greater comfort at average load factors, (ii) used to increase the number of passenger seats in the airplane without reducing average passenger comfort at average load factors or increasing airplane size, or (iii) used to reduce the overall dimensions of an airplane without reducing the number of seats in the airplane or reducing average passenger comfort at average load factors.

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