Network Slot Allocation for Domestic Traffic Management
- Felix A. C. Mora-Camino
- Li Weigang
- Oscar Díaz Olariaga
MAIAA, Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civile, Toulouse, France · TransLab, Department of Computer Science, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil · Facultad de Ingeniería Civil, Universidad Santo Tomás, Bogotá, Colombia
- Event
- XV SITRAER – São Luís, MA, Brasil, October 24–26, 2016
- Volume
- Anais do XV Air Transportation Symposium (SITRAER) · ISSN 2448-1912
- Pages
- 644–652
- Publisher
- Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA)
- Editors
- Carlos Müller
Abstract
In this paper is considered the problem of managing traffic capacity at network level through slot allocation. This problem can be seen either as an extension of slot allocation from an airport to a network of airports or a specialization of Ground Delay Programs as developed in USA. After introducing slot allocation theory, a new approach to assess cumulative delays for airlines is developed and an equivalent delay multiplier is proposed. This new index allows to rank more effectively candidates flights during a slot allocation process. This is illustrated in the case of a compression algorithm for slot allocation.
Keywords: air traffic management; delays in networks; airport capacity; slot allocation