Investigating Grand Marshalling Operations Alternatives for Guiding Aircraft to their Parking Positions; Crictic-Vikor Approach

Congested airports, where multiple aircraft operations coincide, ground marshalling becomes even more vital to prevent accidents, delays, and operational inefficiencies.Aircraft marshalling is crucial because to the intricacies and inherent risks associated with maneuvering large aircraft on the ground as airports are usually bustling, congested environments with restricted sight, particularly in proximity to terminal gates, hangars, and taxiways.The study successfully applied CRITIC Weight-VIKOR technique to choose a prominent alternative for airport ground marshalling operations. The weights of such criteria as the Operational Efficiency (OE), Safety Enhancement (SE), Cost of Implementation (C), Compatibility with Existing Infrastructure (CEI), Training and Human Adaptability (THA), Environmental Impact (EI), and Reliability in Adverse Conditions (RAC). were estimated using the CRITIC Weight technique were 0.1055, 0.1087, 0.1904, 0.1261, 0.1077, 0.2025 and 0.1590 respectively which were used to promote VIKOR techniques application in appraising ranks of the airport ground marshalling operations such as Manual Hand Signals, Wand-Based Marshalling Systems, Follow-Me Vehicles with GPS Guidance, Infrared Camera Systems and Automated Docking Guidance Systems (ADGS) with the following results 0.3232, 0.0082, 0.4823, 0.1411, and 0.9411 respectively.The result obtained showed that the Wand-Based Marshalling Systems is the preeminent airport ground marshalling operations method/the best alternative. The study concludes that the full potential of technology in improving airport operations is yet to be realized. However, the existing awareness and willingness among aviation professionals to embrace technology provide a strong foundation for future improvement in airport ground marshalling operations.