Optimisation models for re-routing air traffic flows in Europe

Abstract

This paper focuses on the usability of optimisation models to support the re-routing of air traffic flows in Europe. It discusses different modelling approaches and proposes three integer programming models, with different levels of detail, aimed at re-routing air traffic flows. The models are tested on a set of test data based on the actual traffic crossing the whole French upper airspace. The paper arrives at conclusions on the usability, limitations and extensions of the models.

Traffic flow modeling and optimization control in the approach airspace

“…In fact, this very complex problem includes many components, such as changing airspace environmental conditions, flight conflict priority setting, limited airspace infrastructure resources and a large number of air traffic demands, etc. The interaction between these elements urgently needs an optimization solution with strong adaptability and certain robustness [12,13]. For the limited airspace resources, existing studies have solved this problem by constructing an evaluation model for a specific airport under the premise of considering various attributes of the air transport system [14].…”