Objective This proposal is all about the introduction and airworthiness of cruiser-feeder operations for civil aircraft. Cruiser-feeder operations are investigated as a promising pioneering idea for the air transport of the future. The soundness of the concept of cruiser-feeder operations for civil aircraft is explained in the proposal, taking air-to-air refuelling operations as an example. A comprehensive estimate is given, which shows a fuel burn reduction potential and a CO2 emission reduction of 31% for a typical 6000 nautical miles flight with a payload of 250 passengers. This reduction potential is known to be large by any standard.The top level objective of the proposal is to demonstrate on a preliminary design level that cruiser-feeder operations (as a concept to reduce fuel burn and CO2 emission levels) can be shown to comply with the airworthiness requirements for civil aircraft. The subsequent Scientific and Technological (S&T) objectives are presented in the proposal. In the project, airworthy operational concepts for cruiser-feeder operations are determined and studied. The benefits in terms of CO2 emission reduction are derived and quantified. This is conducted in three integrating work packages, which are underpinned by research conducted in three disciplinary work packages. A conceptual and preliminary design study of aircraft required will be made, as well as automatic flight control concepts necessary to reduce the workload of the pilots and concepts to transfer passengers, supllies and waste. Finally, flight simulations will be conducted to investigate the cruiser-feeder operations concept. Impact of the RECREATE project will be generated by disseminating the results to the general public, to advisory groups and policy makers and to the aeronautical sciences community. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaircraftengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuels Programme(s) FP7-TRANSPORT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Transport (including Aeronautics) Topic(s) AAT.2011.6.3-1. - The cruiser/feeder concept Call for proposal FP7-AAT-2011-RTD-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator STICHTING KONINKLIJK NEDERLANDS LUCHT - EN RUIMTEVAARTCENTRUM Address Anthony fokkerweg 2 1059 CM Amsterdam Netherlands See on map Region West-Nederland Noord-Holland Groot-Amsterdam Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Stephan Zajac (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT - UND RAUMFAHRT EV Germany EU contribution € 511 462,00 Address Linder hohe 51147 Koln See on map Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Köln Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Kerstin Carl (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data TOTALFORSVARETS FORSKNINGSINSTITUT Sweden EU contribution € 277 919,00 Address Gullfossgatan 6 164 90 Stockholm See on map Region Östra Sverige Stockholm Stockholms län Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Tomas Mårtensson (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN Germany EU contribution € 312 676,00 Address Arcisstrasse 21 80333 Muenchen See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Ulrike Ronchetti (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT Netherlands EU contribution € 250 660,00 Address Stevinweg 1 2628 CN Delft See on map Region West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Delft en Westland Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Martin Hoekstra (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST United Kingdom EU contribution € 223 788,00 Address University road lanyon building BT7 1NN Belfast See on map Region Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Belfast Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Pauline Mccann (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data ZURCHER HOCHSCHULE FUR ANGEWANDTE WISSENSCHAFTEN Switzerland EU contribution € 194 090,00 Address Gertrudstrasse 15 8401 Winterthur See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Zürich Zürich Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Michael Bischofberger (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data DR RAJENDAR KUMAR NANGIA United Kingdom EU contribution € 374 898,00 Address Bell barn road 10 stoke bishop BS9 2DA Bristol See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Rk Nangia (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY GROUP Netherlands EU contribution € 45 482,00 Address Westerduinweg 3 1755 LE Petten See on map Region West-Nederland Noord-Holland Kop van Noord-Holland Activity type Other Administrative Contact Dietrik W. 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