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Transit passenger-oriented optimisation of arrival aircraft sequencing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2024

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S. Demirel*
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Department of Air Traffic Control, Erzincan Binali Yildirim University, Erzincan, Turkey
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Email: sdemirel@erzincan.edu.tr
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Abstract

This study presents a model that aims to optimise the sequencing arrival aircraft around the terminal manoeuvring area (TMA). The model considers the transit passenger counts of these aircraft and employs the point merge at Sabiha Gokcen Airport. In this study, aircraft were categorised into two groups, namely ‘High or Low Transit Passenger (HTP/LTP)’. Subsequently, multi-objective models were employed to solve the test problems. Weighted sum scalarisation (WSS), conic scalarization (CS), and epsilon constraint (EC) models were utilised to increase robustness and their results were compared with a single-objective optimisation model. This approach aims to provide decision-makers with a variety of outcomes, thus expanding their options. Simultaneously, efforts are made within the model to allow aircraft with HTP counts to have minimal delays. Additionally, emission calculations were conducted to offer a critical perspective on the environmental implications, and the delay results of the multi-objective optimisation (MOO) models underwent statistical analysis.

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transit passengerdelay minimizationpoint mergemulti-objective optimizationemission analysis

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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 129 , Issue 1331 , January 2025 , pp. 169 - 188
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© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal Aeronautical Society

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