Airlines Fleets Renewal for Global Sustainability
- H. Karam
- E. Anwama
- L. G. Zelaya Cruz
- H. Alfazari
- F. Krykhtine
- F. Mora-Camino
Durban University of Technology, DUT - South Africa · Universidade Federal Fluminense, UFF – Brazil · Sohar University, Sultanate of Oman · Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ – Brazil · Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civile, ENAC, France
- Event
- XX SITRAER – Joinville, SC, Brasil, October 18–20, 2023
- Volume
- Proceedings of XX SITRAER – Air Transportation Symposium · ISSN 2448-1912
- Pages
- 477–481
- Publisher
- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)
- Editors
- Renata Cavion, Rafael Gigena Cuenca
Abstract
In this paper, the resilience of an airline in the face of huge investment needs to get an impressive reduction of carbon emissions is considered. A hard scenario is considered where new national/international regulations are introduced with an immediate quota on flights and fleet and mandatory milestone for fleet upgrade. An original fleet upgrading optimization model is developed. The economic sustainability conditions attached to such a constrained situation and the forced fleet renewal program are established and financial and operational sustainability objectives are discussed.
Keywords: Aviation sustainability; Airlines Resilience; Fleet Renewal; Dynamic Programming