Development of MILP model for integrated aircraft maintenance scheduling and multi-period parking layout planning problems

Yichen Qin, Tung Sun Chan, Sai Ho Chung, T. Qu

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Abstract

In this paper, two closely related problems commonly observed in aircraft hangar maintenance companies are studied: the aircraft hangar maintenance scheduling problem and the parking stand planning problem. Recently, in order to reduce operating costs in airline companies, outsourcing aircraft heavy maintenance activities to a third-party maintenance company has been gaining greater traction. In a real operation environment, aircraft with different arrival times and specific maintenance requirements from airline companies are received by an aircraft maintenance company. Hence, a maintenance schedule and a series of aircraft parking plans have to be carefully arranged to minimize the total delay over a multi-period planning horizon. However, conventional manual planning usually causes maintenance delays due to inadequate parking planning that induces blockages between arriving, departing and parked aircraft in the process of aircraft roll in and roll out operations. To deal with the inefficiency of manual planning, a Mixed-Integer Linear Programming (MILP) model that integrates maintenance scheduling and parking layout planning is proposed. To our knowledge, this is the first work to deal with the aircraft maintenance scheduling problem incorporating non-overlapping constraints between aircraft in the hangar, and is the main contribution of this research.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2017 4th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications, ICIEA 2017
PublisherIEEE
Pages197-203
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781509067749
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Jun 2017
Event4th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications, ICIEA 2017 - Nagoya, Japan
Duration: 21 Apr 201723 Apr 2017

Conference

Conference4th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications, ICIEA 2017
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityNagoya
Period21/04/1723/04/17

Keywords

  • aircraft maintenance scheduling
  • mixed-integer linear programming
  • non-overlapping constraints
  • parking layout planning

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Strategy and Management
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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