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Author(s):: REN Xin-hui; ZHANG Si-yu; School of Economics and Management, Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin 300300, China

Keywords:: air transportation; boarding strategy; boarding order; aviation passenger; boarding

Abstract:: In order to explore appropriate boarding strategies, promote the efficiency of passengers boarding, improve the utilization ratio of the airport facility and lower the cost of flight operation, the factors which have impacts on the passengers boarding process were summarized with the order of areas that passengers passing by when they were boarding, and this paper carried on comparative analysis of boarding strategies presented in the existing research literature. The results show that factors such as the behavior of the checkin staff, way of boarding, passengers behavioral characteristics, cabin design, especially the arrange order of passengers in lounge bridges will affect the efficiency of boarding and boarding time; boarding from outside to inside or inverted pyramid approach has advantages; new boarding strategies should be a combination of a few basic boarding strategies. At the same time,existing researches on boarding strategy mainly focus on the strategies after entering the passenger cabin door, but it should be extended to the process when informing the boarding; more attention should be paid to the aircraft; important parameters should be measure again in simulation studies, etc.