tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135721028563593899.post341555532149821841..comments2023-02-20T06:24:07.706-08:00Comments on Airport Operation: American queuing 76% better than individual queuesJürgen Wederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13019963379253826730noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135721028563593899.post-9453746101163056622012-09-19T05:28:19.572-07:002012-09-19T05:28:19.572-07:00Somebody asked about the 76% ... let me try to exp...Somebody asked about the 76% ... let me try to explain it without having the spreadsheet ready online. Suppose you have a waiting space available which has 12 m width and 15 m length in front of passenger screening. The width indicating the space needed for the number of counters, in this case 5. Those 180 sq m can, however, only cater for 132 m net waiting line (space is lost also in American Queuing (AQ)). If you had 5 lines instead of AQ, this would be 26.4 m waiting line for each queue. The length of 15 m is 76% better than the 26.4 m if there were individual lines.<br /><br />Now, you will ask, how come you generalize this? Is it not only applicable for this specific case? In fact, if you increase the length of the waiting space, the calculation and with it the saving of 76% will remain the same. And if you increase the width you based on more counters, it also remains the same. Hope, this helps.Jürgen Wederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13019963379253826730noreply@blogger.com