Airplane boarding methods that reduce risk from COVID-19

RJ Milne, C Delcea, LA Cotfas - Safety Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Airlines have recently instituted practices to reduce the risk of their passengers becoming
infected with the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Some airlines block their airplanes' …

Evaluating classical airplane boarding methods considering COVID-19 flying restrictions

LA Cotfas, C Delcea, RJ Milne, M Salari - Symmetry, 2020 - mdpi.com
The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has imposed the need for a series of social distancing
restrictions worldwide to mitigate the scourge of the COVID-19 pandemic. This applies to …

An analysis of residual financial contagion in Romania's banking market for mortgage loans

Ș Ionescu, N Chiriță, I Nica, C Delcea - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The uncertainty of the environment, the complexity of economic systems, both at the national
and global economy levels, and the digital age and artificial intelligence draw attention to …

New methods for two-door airplane boarding using apron buses

RJ Milne, C Delcea, LA Cotfas, M Salari - Journal of Air Transport …, 2019 - Elsevier
Apron buses are widely employed by European airlines to transfer passengers from airport
terminals to airplanes. However, the vast majority of current boarding methods are designed …

Modeling the consumers opinion influence in online social media in the case of eco-friendly products

C Delcea, LA Cotfas, CL Trică, L Crăciun… - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Social influence has a positive impact on the purchase intention for eco-friendly products
along with other subjective and objective aspects related to environmental attitude, product …

Grey clustering of the variations in the back-to-front airplane boarding method considering COVID-19 flying restrictions

C Delcea, LA Cotfas, RJ Milne, N Xie… - Grey Systems: Theory …, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose The airline industry has been significantly hit by the occurrence of the new
coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, facing one of its worst crises in history. In this context, the present …

Methods for accelerating the airplane boarding process in the presence of apron buses

C Delcea, RJ Milne, LA Cotfas, L Crăciun… - IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The use of apron buses for transporting passengers from the airport terminal to the airplane
has become common practice for a series of airports worldwide. Airline companies have …

[HTML][HTML] Resilience of passenger boarding strategies to priority fares offered by airlines

T Kisiel - Journal of Air Transport Management, 2020 - Elsevier
Increased efficiency of airplane boarding via the jetway is achieved by sequencing
passengers at the airport terminal. Various strategies have been developed and …

Social distancing in airplane seat assignments for passenger groups

M Salari, RJ Milne, C Delcea… - … B: Transport Dynamics, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
We provide a mixed-integer programming model (MIP) to assign airplane passengers to
seats while preserving two types of social distancing: the distance from the passengers' …

Air passenger preferences: An international comparison affects boarding theory

E Bachmat, S Erland, F Jaehn… - Operations …, 2023 - pubsonline.informs.org
Managerial optimization challenges in service industries often entail the need to ensure
customer satisfaction. For example, in airplane boarding, the boarding time should be …