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      <title>Fleet and Vertiport Sizing for an Urban Air Mobility Commuting Service</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[An understanding of fleet size and vertiport size sensitivity to demand and operational parameters is necessary to quantify the scalability of urban air mobility (UAM) services. In this work, we implement a bilevel rolling window fleet scheduling formulation that includes vertiport area as a secondary objective. We also present a simple vertiport area estimation methodology that leverages the fleet scheduling results and provides a lower bound on vertiport infrastructure area requirements. Lastly, we explore the sensitivity of fleet size and vertiport infrastructure requirements to several vehicle and operational parameters, including geographical demand distribution, daily passenger volume, vehicle passenger capacity, passenger aggregation window, battery charge rate, pad separation, and pad size. We find that, although the fleet size is reasonable for a UAM commuting service scaled to serve 10,000 passengers per day, vertiport area requirements are likely problematic under current sizing guidance from the Federal Aviation Administration, particularly area requirements for vertiports that serve as workplace hubs located in dense urban centers.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2024 09:13:02 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Evaluation of commuter airplane emissions: A European case study</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The authors studied a network of commuter flights in Europe (< 300 n-miles). The analysis of the network identified several connections with very short flights (100–150 n-miles) for which legitimate alternatives may be available. The short-haul network is served by a variety of turbofan and turboprop airplanes; 12 of these airplanes have been used for environmental analysis. Flights were simulated using crowd-sourced ADS-B/Mode-S data, via filtering and other mathematical treatments. Landing and take-off emissions had to be accounted by direct simulation of the missing segments in the flight trajectory. The authors demonstrate that these phases of flight are essential for accounting of short-haul emissions. Analysis is provided for fuel burn, CO₂, NOₓ, CO, UHC, SOₓ and non-volatile particulate matter, as function of distance, altitude, city pairs. A sensitivity analysis is carried out to evaluate the effects of externalities. Finally, the continental flight network is explored with ancillary geographical information systems and identified routes that could be reviewed to reduce aviation emissions.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2021 14:52:12 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The prospects of hybrid-electric regional air transport - an assessment of travel time benefits of domestic short-haul flights in Germany with 19-seater aircraft</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Aviation policy in the EU aims at improving connectivity and reducing environmental impacts. New propulsion systems that are locally free of emissions, e.g. with battery or hydrogen powered designs may contribute to this objective. Initial research suggests that such innovations are best applied in commuter aircraft with up to 19 seats. However, the market for these aircraft has been steadily declining since the end of the 1990s. In this paper, the authors analyze the prospects of re-vitalizing this aircraft category by applying an innovative business model, using hybrid-electric commuter aircraft designed in a cooperative project between Bauhaus Luftfahrt and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in order to contribute to both objectives. The aircraft, based on characteristics of the BAe Jetstream 31, features a full electric range of approximately 200 km at a payload of 16 passengers, increasing to 1250 km, when the jet fuel-based range extender is used. The potential use of such a hybrid-electrically powered regional aircraft for regional air transport services from smaller airfields is demonstrated from a demand perspective. Travel time benefits are quantified alongside initial demand potentials, based on forecasts for 2030 at the regional pair level as provided by the German Federal Transport Plan.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2020 21:01:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Regional renaissance : startups work on hybrid or electric aircraft; Embraer studies large conventional turboprop</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2020 12:10:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Looking for lift : sales so far during 2019 may have been slow, but manufacturers have used this period to reposition themselves in an opportunity to ensure revenues gain height in years ahead</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Antonov An-148/158 -- ATR 42/72 -- AVIC Xian MA60 family -- Bombardier CRJ family -- Cessna 408 SkyCourier -- Comac ARJ21 -- De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 -- Embraer E-Jet family -- Ilyushin Il-114-300 -- Mitsubishi SpaceJet -- RUAG Dornier 228NG -- Sukhoi Superjet 100 --Viking Air Twin Otter.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2020 11:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Cape Air welcomes seasoned Travellers : launch customer for Tecnam's latest model praises Italian airframer's efforts to answer unique operational requirements</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 11:51:21 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>ATR board greenlights short-runway ATR 42-600</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 11:50:14 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Change in the air : as it prepares to launch a new aircraft, Cape Air also eyes the future of electric flight</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2019 11:16:40 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>First MA700 airframe enters final assembly : Avic is aiming for mid-2020 certification; early production rate: one aircraft every two months</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2019 11:15:43 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Mesa Air Group agrees to take 100 SpaceJet M100s : new aircraft solves U.S. scope-clause issue for Mitsubishi; order gives Mitsubishi reason to hope it can penetrate to large U.S. regional airline market</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2019 16:31:06 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A crowded niche</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The market for 7-seat aircraft is modest in size, but there is no shortage of competitors. Geoff Hearn looks at the prospects for the various models on offer.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2019 16:45:46 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Mitsubishi sees path to success for its smallest regional jet : new version will seat 76 and meet U.S. scope clauses; wing modifications are key for weight and performance</title>
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      <title>Startup sees fuel cell future for regional aviation : ZeroAvia planning 300-mi. endurance flight in early 2020; hydrogen production facilities could be sited at airports and use renewable energy</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2019 16:43:45 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>East African airlines experience turboprop boom</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2019 16:43:30 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>CRJ900--new markets anticipated : the CRJ900 is viewed as a North American aircraft, but new markets are required and Bombardiers see plenty of potential</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2019 11:34:37 GMT</pubDate>
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