Airport traffic a job scheduling approach

This paper presents a new job schedule model approach which takes into account the airport problem as a whole. This includes solving the integrated air traffic flow management problems at the airport. The department and the arrival managements are solved by job scheduling, but the taxi planning and the gate assignment are also studied with job schedule models. The paper integrates them in an iterative manner. This approach allows obtaining system-optimal solutions in practical short time. Computational tests have been implemented using random data. The results indicate significant reduction in airplane delays at the airport.