Stefanos Ioannou Undergraduate Dissertation 2016/17

Aircraft Allocation Project

Supervised by J.Winkler

Abstract

The surprising rise of the aircrafts demand, which was resulted by the freedom of traveling to so many destinations, increased the air traffic in a big amount and that implies that more improved and efficient automations on aircraft scheduling operations should be founded. The aim of the project is to encompass this idea, to create a system, which will be eligible to automatically allocate aircrafts to the most suitable gate in order to avoid any collusions or delays. The project also aims to allocate the aircrafts even if some delay occurred. This will be explored through the identification of the systems that are currently installed and being in used, along with the cost minimization of the airline in any case.

The report will cover some main aspects of aviation, which are the airports, airlines and more importantly the system break down mechanism design, which needs to be able to afford the aircraft scheduling operation with success. Following this, implementation and evaluation sections will show weather and how well the system performs.