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Mass Transit Paradigms: Commercial Aviation
Hub-and-Spoke
- economies of scale with mixed fleets
- 767 & 757
Point-to-Point
- more direct flights with fleets of regional jets
- SWA 737
SATS
- service from small local airports could take Point-to-Point concept to an extreme
Notes:
767 & 757 offered airlines
a common flight deck certification for large and medium sized aircraft to ease crew management
Operations along minimum spanning trees
Good for high network coverage & low throughput
P to P
More distributed megahubs: fewer points of system-wide failure and delay propagation
More ideal for higher system traffic
Less transfers means faster and less energy spend on takeoffs & landings
NASA's Small Aircraft Transportation System
research lab right here at UCMP
built off of emerging market for relatively affordable small jets (Honda & Toyota)
ENSE626 cost estimation project