Impact of Out-Of-The-Box Approach on the Future Air Transportation System

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to present the impact of the so-called out-of-the-box thinking on the future development of the air transportation system. It shortly explains the approach based on out-of-the-box thinking (or thinking outside the box), introduces some of the most appealing original solutions and shows a systematic out-of-the-box approach to problem solving on a selected innovative operational concept (addressing the radical reduction of the environmental impact related to the take-off and landing processes). Finally, the paper defines the methodology related to the development and evaluation of original solutions.