Fleet Assignment
Fleet assignment consists of deciding on the type of aircraft that
will operate each specific flight. The objective of this scheduling
stage is to minimize the total operating costs or maximize the
revenue. Operating costs consist of fuel and oil costs, landing
fees and the loss of revenue by spilling passengers when using an
aircraft with less number of seats than the passenger demand.
Need for Integrated Optimization
The need for Optimization Integration becomes clear when one notices
how fleet assignment decisions influence downstream decisions of
aircraft maintenance
routing, and crew scheduling.
Back to Airline Scheduling (Integrated
Optimization) project.
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