A heuristic model for frequency planning and aircraft routing in small size airlines |
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Authors: | Atef Ghobrial Nagraj Balakrishnan Adib Kanafani |
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Institution: | 1. School of Public Administration and Urban Studies , Georgia State University , Atlanta, GA, 30303;2. A.B. Freeman School of Business , Tulane University , New Orleans, LA, 70018;3. Institute of Transportation Studies , University of California , Berkeley, CA, 94720 |
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Abstract: | The flight schedule of an airline is the primary factor in finding the most effective and efficient deployment of the airline's resources. The flight schedule process aims at finding a set of routes with associated aircraft type, frequency of service and times of departures and arrivals in order to satisfy a specific objective such as profit maximization. In this paper, we develop a two‐phase heuristic model for airline frequency planning and aircraft routing for small size airlines. The first phase develops a frequency plan using an economic equilibrium model between passenger demand for flying a particular route and aircraft operating characteristics. The second phase uses a time‐of‐day model to develop an assignment algorithm for aircraft routing. |
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Keywords: | Transportation airline networks optimization fleet assignment and scheduling |
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