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The Aircraft Maintenance Routing Problem

In: Optimization and Logistics Challenges in the Enterprise

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  • Zhe Liang

    (Rutgers University)

  • Wanpracha Art Chaovalitwongse

    (Rutgers University)

Abstract

Summary The airline network is one of the world’s most sophisticated, yet very complex, networks. Airline planning and scheduling operations have posed many great logistics challenges to operations researchers. Optimizing flight schedules, maximizing aircraft utilization, and minimizing aircraft maintenance costs can drastically improve the airlines’ resource management, competitive position and profitability. However, optimizing today’s airline complex networks is not an easy task. There are four major optimization problems in the airline industry including flight scheduling problem, fleet assignment problem, crew pairing problem, and aircraft maintenance routing problem. These problems have been widely studied over the past few decades. Yet, they remain unsolved due to the size and complexity. In this chapter, we provide a review of advances in optimization applied to these logistics problems in the airline industry as well as give a thorough discussion on the aircraft maintenance routing problem. Several mathematical formulations and solution methods for the aircraft maintenance routing problem will also be presented. Later, we conclude the current research and discuss possible future research of this problem.

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  • Zhe Liang & Wanpracha Art Chaovalitwongse, 2009. "The Aircraft Maintenance Routing Problem," Springer Optimization and Its Applications, in: Wanpracha Chaovalitwongse & Kevin C. Furman & Panos M. Pardalos (ed.), Optimization and Logistics Challenges in the Enterprise, pages 327-348, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:spochp:978-0-387-88617-6_12
    DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-88617-6_12
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    Cited by:

    1. Martina Zámková & Stanislav Rojík & Martin Prokop & Radek Stolín, 2022. "Factors Affecting the International Flight Delays and Their Impact on Airline Operation and Management and Passenger Compensations Fees in Air Transport Industry: Case Study of a Selected Airlines in ," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(22), pages 1-16, November.
    2. Başdere, Mehmet & Bilge, Ümit, 2014. "Operational aircraft maintenance routing problem with remaining time consideration," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 235(1), pages 315-328.
    3. Saltzman, Robert M. & Stern, Helman I., 2022. "The multi-day aircraft maintenance routing problem," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 102(C).

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