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A
Aircraft communication addressing and
reporting system (ACARS) 63, 66,
69, 72
Aircraft maintenance 5, 117, 120, 139,
145, 166, 168, 170, 204, 213
A/B/C/D check of 119–120
cycle ceiling 120
maintenance base 6, 120
maintenance system (schedule) of 119,
120, 166, 168, 170
Aircraft turnaround monitoring system
(ATMS) 63, 69–74 (model), 75–76
Aircraft turnaround operation 7, 11, 13,
18, 22, 23, 24, 27, 34, 36, 57, 63,
76, 78, 93, 113, 125, 168, 184, 218
scheduled turnaround time 25, 27–28,
32, 34, 35, 37, 61, 64 (definition),
73, 90, 119, 150
Airline
alliance 3, 22, 132
economics of 1, 3, 4, 11, 12, 122, 123,
167, 172, 175, 201, 218, 219, 220
operations centre of (AOC) 165–166
Airline network 1–5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 36,
41, 65, 69, 76, 77, 114, 117, 119,
120–138 (model), 138–162 (case
study), 165, 171, 181, 203, 204,
206, 207, 213 217–221 (strategy)
design of 1, 162, 203, 219
spatial attributes 2, 130–131
temporal attributes 2, 131
type (model) of 2, 3, 128, 166
Airline schedule planning 1, 4, 10, 11, 12,
30, 34, 142, 144, 162, 173, 181,
201–205 (paradigm), 206–207
(robust airline scheduling), 216,
218, 222
aircraft routing 4–6, 12, 35, 41–42,
65, 72, 117–126 (model), 129–138
(complexity), 141, 145, 148, 151,
152,154, 158, 161, 162, 166–173
(disruption), 178, 181, 188, 189,
191, 201–205 (paradigm), 206–216
(robustness)
crew pairing 6, 123, 124, 171, 173,
201–205 (paradigm), 206–216
(robustness)
crew rostering 5, 6, 122, 123, 201, 202
fleet assignment, see also Fleet
assignment model (FAM) 5,
118–120 (model), 126, 133, 173,
181, 201–203 (paradigm), 207–213
(robustness)
schedule generation 4, 196, 201–203
(paradigm), 206–213 (robustness)
stages of 4, 30, 173, 181, 201–205
(paradigm), 212–216 (robustness)
Airport
airside of 7 (definition), 18, 180
landside of 7 (definition), 18, 180
retail (shopping) in 63, 106, 108–114,
207
slot of 8, 9, 11, 13, 16, 17, 68, 128,
170, 182, 192, 196, 211
Airport terminal 11, 63, 77, 105, 106, 108,
110, 170
dwell time 107, 108 (definition),
109–110
free dwell time 108 (definition),
109–110
Air traffic control 8, 9, 17, 66, 67, 90, 177
Air traffic flow management (ATFM) 58,
68, 89, 96, 143, 177
Auxiliary power unit (APU) 23
B
Baggage
barcode of 19, 20, 108
RFID of 19, 20, 76
238
Airline Operations and Delay Management
sorting of 19, 20
unit load device (ULD) 20
Block (flight) time 25 (definition), 30, 32,
41, 48, 61, 64, 65, 72, 73, 132, 145,
146, 151, 156, 157, 159, 174, 179,
187, 191
Buffer time
enroute buffer time 137, 141
ground buffer time 25 (definition),
27–28 (model), 32, 35, 56, 61, 137
schedule buffer time 26, 35–44
(model), 52–58 (case study), 62,
102, 138, 145, 166, 167, 173, 181,
190, 205, 217
scheduled (planned) buffer time 26,
35, 37, 39, 44, 56, 62
C
Cargo
belly cargo 6, 21, 218
freighter cargo 6, 21
Catering 7, 10, 18, 22, 24, 28, 63, 68,
69–76 (model), 78, 79, 84, 88, 93,
113, 168, 180, 221, 222
Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) UK 45
Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA)
Australia 119, 121
Code-sharing 3, 10, 124, 222
Complex network 1, 4, 10, 124, 127, 144,
161, 204, 217, 219, 223
Connection window 128, 129, 136, 163
Cost
airline delay cost 40 (model)
airline schedule cost 41 (model)
expected delay cost 43, 53–55
passenger delay cost 26, 39–40
(model), 42, 43, 45, 55, 62
Crew
base 5, 117, 122–124, 166, 210
cabin crew 5, 64, 68, 121–123, 126
costs of 5, 40, 122, 171, 204
credit hour of 122, 124
deadhead (re-position) crew 171
enterprise bargain agreements (EBAs)
12, 122–124, 126
flight (cockpit) crew 5, 68, 121–123,
126
qualification (endorsement) of 121
reserve crew 171
Critical Path Method (CPM) 77
Cumulative density function (CDF) 30–33
(model), 52, 53, 56–58, 101, 103
D
Delay 24–27 (definition)
cause of 37, 64, 65, 66, 75, 91, 92,
142, 154, 156, 157, 161, 174, 176,
177, 179, 180, 181
coding system of 66–68, 75, 144, 174
development mechanism of 34–39
(model)
propagation of 12, 28, 33, 34–36,
59, 65, 69, 76, 77, 89, 117, 130,
135, 137, 138, 141, 142, 144–148
(model), 149–152 (case study),
154–158 (model), 161, 162, 166,
167, 169, 178, 179, 181, 188, 189,
190, 192, 204, 209, 210, 211–218
(robustness)
reactionary delay 64, 65, 90, 93, 144,
156, 179
root delay 135, 144 (definition)
Deregulation (U.S.) 3, 127, 218
Disruption
minor disruption 11, 165, 166
(definition), 167–168, 173,
206–207, 211–212, 217
major disruption 6, 7, 129, 165, 166
(definition), 169, 173, 206, 211, 216
management of 11, 12, 75, 137, 144,
154, 158, 162, 165, 167, 171–173
(strategy), 175, 178–180, 197, 205,
212, 214, 217
stochastic disruption 5, 6, 24, 63, 89,
90, 93, 113, 137, 144, 148, 165,
181, 182, 184, 188, 209, 221
E
Economies of density 3, 14, 16, 127, 133
Economies of scale 16, 222
Enroute (flight) operation 8, 147, 156,
162, 168
Entertainment system (programme) 22, 23
ETOPS 8
Eurocontrol 40, 45, 46, 48, 66, 165, 174,
176, 177
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European Union 40, 66, 167, 170, 197
F
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
165, 175
Fleet assignment model (FAM) see also
Airline schedule planning 203–205
(paradigm), 206–216 (robustness)
Flight cancellation 4, 65, 137, 168, 170,
172, 173, 176, 180, 209, 217
Flight dispatch 8
Flight path 8
Flight (schedule) re-timing, see also
Schedule adjustment 165, 189–192
(model), 192–198 (case study),
212–217 (robustness)
G
Gantt chart 82, 84, 88
Grandfather’s right, see also Airport slot
182,
Ground handling
team strategy of 72, 89
unit strategy of 70, 89
Ground operation
aircraft ground operation 2, 58, 63, 69,
141, 144
airline ground operation 29, 30, 36,
59, 60, 63, 64, 89, 105, 137, 217
H
Hubbing
de-peaking of 18, 129, 219
strong hubbing 3, 15, 16, 17, 34, 196
weak hubbing 14, 15, 17, 177, 197
Hub-and-spoke network
bank (wave) of 2, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,
126, 128, 131, 135
hub-and-spoke 2, 3, 14, 126–131
(complexity), 145, 218, 219
strength (intensity) of 16, 17, 18, 131,
219
I
Inherent delay 12, 104, 105, 142, 162,
165, 181–182 (definition), 184–
185, 188–191 (model), 193–198
(case study)
239
Integrated scheduling 205–206
Interlining agreement (service) 15–17, 19,
21, 130, 220–221
International Air Transport Association
(IATA) 47, 66, 67, 75, 76, 95, 97,
144, 154, 156, 174
International Civil Aviation Organisation
(ICAO) 46, 47, 49, 53
K
Knock-on delay, see also Delay
propagation 36, 41, 65, 88
L
Low-cost carriers (LCC) 2, 16, 18, 19, 23,
24, 33, 34, 36, 42, 48, 49, 59, 93,
121, 172
M
Markov chain 93, 94, 96, 99
Semi-Markov chain 63, 93, 98, 99, 113
Minimum connection time 20–21, 126,
128, 163
Mixed-hubbing (network), see also
Hubbing 2, 14
Monte Carlo simulation 51, 57, 98, 149,
210
N
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) 98, 175
Network
accessibility index of 132
complexity measurement of 134–138
(model)
complexity of 60, 130, 133, 134, 138,
162, 223
Gini index of 130, 131, 133
Herfindahl index of 130, 134
hubbing-concentration index (HCI)
of 134
mobility index of 132
network concentration (NC) index of
131
reliability of, see also Schedule
robustness 165, 187, 189
weighted indirect (WI) connection
index of 131–132
240
Airline Operations and Delay Management
weighted network index (WNX) of
132
Network (legacy) carriers 13, 18, 19, 33,
36, 128, 129, 168, 169, 221
Network operations control centre (NOCC)
70, 71, 72
O
OOOI data 65, 66, 69
On-time performance (OTP) 174
(definition)
benchmarking of 105
D0 of 31, 56, 174 (definition)
D15 of 31, 174 (definition), 178, 186,
187
measurement of 174
reporting of 175, 176
Optimisation, see also Schedule planning
optimisation
robust optimisation 206–207
stochastic optimisation 206
P
Passenger
check-in of 7, 18, 19, 35, 67, 105, 106,
107, 110, 124, 222
boarding of 7, 8, 19, 22, 58, 73, 75,
76, 78, 96, 105, 110–113
flow of 63, 105, 106, 117, 134, 166,
220
itinerary of, see also Passenger
recovery 5, 6, 72, 124–126, 162,
167, 170, 203, 209
Passenger boarding method
back-to-front boarding 19, 111–112
front-to-back boarding 111
open seating 112
random boarding 112
reverse pyramid boarding 112–113
Project Evaluation and Review Technique
(PERT) 77–78, 81–87, 104, 113,
115,
backward pass 80
critical path, see also Critical path
method 78 (definition), 80–84, 110
forward pass 80
path of 77, 78 (definition), 80–87, 110
slack 80 (definition), 81–82, 87, 145,
213
stochastic PERT 84
Point-to-Point (P2P) network (system) 2,
3, 13–16, 89, 90, 127–130, 133,
166, 167, 197, 219, 220, 221
Probability density function (PDF) 29–33,
43–44, 50–53, 56, 57, 94
Punctuality management strategy, see also
On-time performance 13, 57
Punctuality propagation, see also Delay
propagation 190, 191, 194–196
R
Resource allocation 154, 220
Resource connection 5, 6, 12, 41, 63, 65,
69, 113, 166, 167, 172, 219
Robust (airline) scheduling, see also
Schedule robustness 12, 181, 198,
201, 205–211 (concept), 221–222
Rolling hub, see also Hubbing 14, 16, 17,
18, 197, 219
Route planning, see also Airline schedule
planning 3, 4, 5, 202, 220
S
Schedule (planning) philosophy 1, 10–14,
16–18, 57, 182, 188, 198, 201, 220,
221, 223
Schedule planning, see also Airline
schedule planning
adjustment of, see also flight re-timing
165, 190–192, 194, 195, 199, 211
optimisation of 11, 12, 44, 144, 162,
165, 181, 189, 192, 198, 206, 222
stages of 4, 173
Schedule recovery 166, 169, 171, 172,
206, 209
aircraft ferrying 170
aircraft swap 137, 139, 168, 170, 208,
210, 217
crew recovery 167, 171, 173
(strategy), 211
future cost of 209
passenger re-accommodation, see
also Passenger itinerary 137, 167,
170–171
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planned cost of 182, 205–207,
209–211, 213, 216, 219, 220, 222
realised cost of 206, 207, 209, 210, 222
routing recovery 167–169, 170–173
(strategy)
Schedule reliability 33, 34, 93, 188
(definition)
index of 188, 191, 212
Schedule robustness, see also Robust
(airline) scheduling 12, 173,
187–189, 201, 206 (definition),
207, 216–217
hub isolation 209
short cycles 173, 209, 217
station purity 173, 209, 214, 217
Schedule synchronisation 1, 5, 6, 10, 12,
121, 144, 196
Standard operating procedure (SOP) 8, 24,
88, 184
T
Through flight (traffic) 203
Time-varying network 4, 5, 6, 131–132,
183
Tour of duty (TOD) 6, 122 (definition),
123–124, 204
241
Turnaround simulation (TS) model 94, 98
(model), 147
Enroute Simulation (ES) model
147–148
Network Delay Propagation (NDP)
model 154–158
Network Simulation (NS) model 148,
183
regression model 154–161
Route-based Delay Propagation (RDP)
model 154, 157–158 (model),
159–160
Turnaround time, see also Aircraft
turnaround operation
empirical model of 13, 29–34 (model),
45–47, 53, 59, 88
minimum of 119, 126, 128
optimisation of 29, 53
Turnaround Time Allocation (TTA)
model 43–44 (model), 51, 53, 56,
99, 105, 113
V
Value of time (VOT) 45
Visibility index (VI), see also Passenger
flow 109

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