Author
Zeghal, F. M., Haouari, Mohamed, Sherali, H. D., Aissaoui, N.
Publication Date
2011-02
Publication Place
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Palgrave Macmillan
Subject
OR in airlines, Airline fleet assignment, Aircraft routing, Flexible fleet, Flexible flight schedule, Column generation
Type
Periodical
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Özyeğin University
Library Asset ID
0160-5682
Record ID
befa362c-edfb-454c-8988-730a9718a783
Library Location
Industrial Engineering
Date
2011-02
Notes
NSF
Sample Text
This paper addresses a Flexible Aircraft Fleeting and Routing Problem, which is motivated by the Tunisian national carrier TunisAir. A solution to this problem specifies the departure time of each flight, the subset of aircraft to be chartered or rented out, the individual aircraft assigned to each flight, as well as the sequence of flights to be flown by each aircraft. The objective is to maximize the expected total net profit, while satisfying activity constraints and long-term maintenance requirements. Tailored optimization-based heuristics are developed for solving this complex integrated problem. Computational experiments conducted on real data demonstrate that the proposed procedures are effective and robust, and significantly improve upon TunisAir's solutions.
DOI
10.1057/jors.2010.100
Cilt
62
