A fuel tankering model applied to a domestic airline network

Fregnani, Jose A. T. G.; Müller, Carlos; Correia, Anderson Ribeiro

doi:10.1002/atr.162

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“…Until now, the very few studies on fuel tankering [3][4][5][6][7][8][9] have focused mainly on its economic benefits for a single or a limited number of flight.…”

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Fuel Tankering: Economic Benefits and Environmental Impact for Flights Up to 1500 NM (Full Tankering) and 2500 NM (Partial Tankering)

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The majority of emissions from aviation come from the combustion of the fuel required to operate each flight. Keeping the fuel consumption required for a safe flight to the absolute minimum is therefore the simplest and most effective way to ensure that emissions from that flight are kept to a minimum. In practice, however, the fuel load is determined by each aircraft operator on the basis of a number of criteria maximizing first cost efficiency, rather than fuel savings. In this context, tankering is the practice of carrying more fuel than is necessary for the safe execution of the flight to avoid or minimize refueling at the destination airport. It offers an economic advantage when there is a significant difference in fuel prices between the departure and arrival airports, but considerably increases the amount of emissions produced, because the more fuel an aircraft carries, the heavier it is, and carrying this extra weight increases its fuel consumption. This paper presents the steps followed by EUROCONTROL in conducting a first study to estimate the number of times this practice would offer an economic benefit and the amount of extra CO2 emissions that would result. This study, limited to flights up to 1500 and 2500 NM, corresponding mainly to short and medium-haul flights, estimates that, in 2018, 21% of ECAC (In this paper, ECAC refers to the geographical region defined by the 44 member states that signed the European Civil Aviation Conference) flights would perform fuel tankering beneficially. This would represent a net saving of 265 M€ per year for the airlines, but the burning of 286,000 tonnes of additional fuel (equivalent to 0.54% of ECAC jet fuel used), or 901,000 tonnes of CO2 per year. At a time when aviation is challenged for its contribution to climate change, the use of fuel tankering for economic reasons is therefore highly questionable.

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“…Until now, the very few studies on fuel tankering [3][4][5][6][7][8][9] have focused mainly on its economic benefits for a single or a limited number of flight.…”

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confidence: 99%

Fuel Tankering: Economic Benefits and Environmental Impact for Flights Up to 1500 NM (Full Tankering) and 2500 NM (Partial Tankering)

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“…The relationships between operational efficiency and efficiency are expressed by payload fuel efficiency equation [21,32]. Therefore, aircraft operational efficiency were measured in terms of parameters such as aircraft range [4,51], fuel weight, reserve fuel weight, payload, aircraft speed, crew weight, takeoff filed length, and landing filed length ( [2,4,5,27,29,65]). Aircraft range is the total distance that an aircraft can fly with full fuel tank.…”

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“…We can improve the aircraft fuel consumption by optimizing the aircraft range. Optimized fuel weight, reserve fuel weight, and crew weight have also contributed toward the improved fuel efficiency [2,27]. The payload rate is another operational performance indicator that is commonly used to assess fuel burn.…”

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Analyzing the moderating effects of respondent type and experience on the fuel efficiency improvement in air transport using structural equation modeling

Singh¹,

Sharma

2016

Eur. Transp. Res. Rev.

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Introduction The limited nature of oil, and hence aviation fuel is increasingly becoming a restraining factor for the air transport industry. Also, fuel efficiency is crucial for commercial air transport as fuel is one of the most costly operating parameters for an airline. Methodology This study employs structural equation modelling (SEM) approach to identify key dimensions influencing fuel efficiency in air transport (FEAT) and to explore the correlational relationships among constructs from the perspectives of fuel efficiency improvement. Self-administered questionnaires were used to collect data from 375 aviation experts. Correlation, multi-group moderation analysis, and interaction using structural equation model were used to analyses these data.Results The results and applications of SEM evolve a variety of findings; aircraft technology & design, aviation operations infrastructure, socioeconomic & political measures, and alternative fuels & fuel properties, and aviation infrastructure are proved to be the five key influential dimensions affecting the fuel efficiency and have a positive effect on the FEAT. In addition, the moderating effect of industry type and experience were established. The results also showed that no significant interaction effect between dimensions of FEAT. ConclusionsThe findings of this research can provide air transport valuable information for designing appropriate strategy for fuel efficiency improvement.

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Fuel consumption optimization in air transport: a review, classification, critique, simple meta-analysis, and future research implications

Singh

Sharma

2015

Eur. Transp. Res. Rev.

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Objective This paper presents a review, classification schemes, critique, a simple meta-analysis and future research implication of fuel consumption optimization (FCO) literature in the air transport sector. This review is based on 277 articles published in various publication outlets between 1973 and 2014. Methodology A review of 277 articles related to the FCO in air transport was carried out. It provides an academic database of literature between the periods of 1973-2014 covering 69 journals and proposes a classification scheme to classify the articles. Twelve hundred of articles were identified and reviewed for their direct relevance to the FCO in air transport. Two hundred seventy seven articles were subsequently selected, reviewed and classified. Each of the 277 selected articles was categorized on four FCO dimensions (Aircraft technology & design, aviation operations & infrastructure, socioeconomic & policy measures, and alternate fuels & fuel properties). The articles were further classified into six categories of FCO research methodologies (analytical -conceptual, mathematical, statistical, and empirical-experimental, statistical, and case studies) and optimization techniques (linear programming, mixed integer programming, dynamic programming, gradient based algorithms, simulation modeling, and nature based algorithms). In addition, a simple meta-analysis was also carried out to enhance understanding of the development and evolution of research in the FCO. Findings and conclusions This has resulted in the identification of 277 articles from 69 journals by year of publication, journal, and topic area based on the two classification schemes related to FCO research, published between, 1973 to December-2014. In addition, the study has identified the 4 dimensions and 98 decision variables affecting the fuel consumption. Also, this study has explained the six categories of FCO research methodologies (analytical -conceptual, mathematical, statistical, and empirical-experimental, statistical, and case studies) and optimization techniques (linear programming, mixed integer programming, dynamic programming, gradient based algorithms, simulation modeling, and nature based algorithms). The findings of this study indicate that the analytical-mathematical research methodologies represent the 47 % of FCO research. The results show that there is an increasing trend in research of the FCO. It is observed that the number of published articles between the period 1973 and 2000 is less (90 articles), so we can say that there are 187 articles which appeared in various journals and other publication sources in the area of FCO since 2000. Furthermore there is increased trend in research on FCO from 2000 onward. This is due to the fact that continuously new researchers are commencing their research activities in FCO research. This shows clearly that FCO research is a current research area among many research groups across the world. Lastly, the prices of jet fuel have significantly increased since the 2005. The aviatio...

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A fuel tankering model applied to a domestic airline network

Cited by 11 publications

References 4 publications

Fuel Tankering: Economic Benefits and Environmental Impact for Flights Up to 1500 NM (Full Tankering) and 2500 NM (Partial Tankering)

Fuel Tankering: Economic Benefits and Environmental Impact for Flights Up to 1500 NM (Full Tankering) and 2500 NM (Partial Tankering)

Analyzing the moderating effects of respondent type and experience on the fuel efficiency improvement in air transport using structural equation modeling

Fuel consumption optimization in air transport: a review, classification, critique, simple meta-analysis, and future research implications

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