Collaborative delay management towards demand-capacity balancing within User Driven Prioritisation Process. (March 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhang, Qiuhan; Le, Meilong; Xu, Yan
• Is Part Of: Journal of air transport management. Volume 91(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-03
• Subjects: User driven prioritisation process (UDPP) -- Air traffic flow management -- Airline delays -- Collaborative delay management -- Demand-capacity balancing -- Rerouting; Airlines -- Management -- Periodicals; Aeronautics, Commercial -- Management -- Periodicals; 387.7068
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2020.102017
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0969-6997

Abstract

Abstract: The concept of User Driven Prioritisation Process (UDPP) was introduced to give Airspace Users (AUs) more flexibility under demand-capacity imbalance. This paper presents two UDPP-DCB models, built on the UDPP principle, using the Selective Flight Protection (SFP) approach to minimize the total delay cost. AUs are enabled to adapt their operations in a more cost-efficient way in the presence of capacity constraints in airspace, optimizing their flights to keep the priorities track. Then, ATFM integrates the AUs' decision to reassign the time slots and the preferred rerouting trajectories. Results suggest that the delay cost for AUs can be largely reduced through applying the UDPP-DCB models proposed in this paper, while allowing rerouting proves effective in reducing the system delay cost. Highlights: Two models are proposed allowing AUs to adapt their operations based on UDPP in the presence of capacity constraint. Two ATFM models are customized to integrate the AUs' decision models, in such a way to balance the demand and capacity. Real-world case studies are conducted based on 24h and 4h of traffic over the French airspace, showing encouraging results.