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A green approach to the weight reduction of aircraft cabins

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  • Tsai, Wen-Hsien
  • Chang, Yao-Chung
  • Lin, Sin-Jin
  • Chen, Hui-Chiao
  • Chu, Po-Yuan

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In response to the growing problems of climate change and global warming, airline companies, as members of the global village, are actively promoting energy-saving and carbon reducing measures, and are strictly controlling and managing greenhouse gases generated in the process of providing high-quality transportation services in an attempt to reduce environmental impacts. As environmental protection has become an indicator of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), this study integrates Activity-Based Costing (ABC) and the Theory of Constraints (TOC) and adopts a mathematical programming model in an attempt to provide the airline industry with a method to lower fuel consumption by reducing the weight of seats in passenger cabins. In order to contribute to environmental protection, future research could develop a variety of energy-saving and carbon reducing programs on the basis of this model.

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  • Tsai, Wen-Hsien & Chang, Yao-Chung & Lin, Sin-Jin & Chen, Hui-Chiao & Chu, Po-Yuan, 2014. "A green approach to the weight reduction of aircraft cabins," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 40(C), pages 65-77.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jaitra:v:40:y:2014:i:c:p:65-77
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2014.06.004
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