Abstract Schedule development is typically the first phase of the airline planning process. We present a framework for perturbing scheduled departure and arrival times after a crew schedule has been found. We characterize perturbations that keep a schedule legal while not increasing the planned cost of the crew schedule. We show that when random delays occur in operations, the expected cost can be reduced and the on-time performance improved. Computational results are reported for two real fleets and a large number of crew schedules.
Improving airline operational performance through schedule perturbation
Annals of Operations Research ; 144 , 1 ; 3-16
2006-04-01
14 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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