Tailored SID & Profile Allocation for Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

Currently, only one Standard Instrument Departure (SID) track and one flight procedure is used per runway departure fix combination. In contrast to tailored arrivals, the potential benefit of tailored departures has been left relatively undiscovered. The research objective is to quantify the potential benefit of tailored SID-s and profile...

Now Boarding for 2025: Groups in Control

This master thesis considers the queuing issues at the KLM Departures area at Amsterdam Schiphol airport in order to improve passenger comfort and journey efficiency. The Author puts forward that not resource capacity, but rather passenger flow area use can often be considered the cause of queue forming and over-crowding. Also, that in...