The integrated aircraft routing problem with optional flights and delay considerations

Nabil Kenan, Aida Jebali, Ali Diabat

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Abstract

In this paper, we integrate flight scheduling, fleet assignment, and aircraft routing decisions, which are the most prominent decisions in airline planning, while considering the stochasticity of the demand. In addition, optional flights, delays and deadhead flights are considered as they are crucial elements that significantly affect airline profits. Due to the complexity of the formulated problem, three different column generation-based algorithms are developed. The results show that our algorithms can solve the problem in a fraction of the time a commercial solver takes with an optimality gap of less than 0.1%.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)355-375
Number of pages21
JournalTransportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review
Volume118
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2018

Keywords

  • Aircraft routing
  • Column generation
  • Fleet assignment
  • Flight scheduling
  • Stochastic demand

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Business and International Management
  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Transportation

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