FLEET UTILIZATION OPTIMIZER

SPECIALIZED OPERATIONS RESEARCH MODEL


Which flights should be operated by each aircraft in order to obtain the maximum fleet utilization?

Our Fleet Utilization Optimizer tool helps to sort out this complicated matter.

It checks whether the right flights are combined in fleet rotations and produces new and better ones.

It can also help making the best selection from potential future flights. as well as optimizing fleet type allocations.

  • Smarter planning for more profit
  • Creative fleet rotations
  • Optimizes block hours and profits
  • Seasonal series vs fixed production
  • Fleet type allocation

FLEET UTILIZATION OPTIMIZER FEATURES

The Fleet Utilization Optimizer re-schedules all flights with help of a keen optimization routine.

It calculates the optimal combination of flights into fleet rotations based on either maximal block hours or maximal profits.


Thus it provides a solid mathematical input for further fine-tuning.

OPERATIONS RESEARCH

The Fleet Utilization Optimizer runs an Operations Research MILP algorithm.

The benefit of this algorithm is that it can exclude the possibility that any better solution can be found.

In other words, this tool guarantees to find the fleet rotations with the maximum achievable fleet earning power.

SEASONAL SERIES

The Fleet Optimizer helps to trade-off seasonal series of different lengths with yearround production.

For charter airlines this kind of support is ideal in the negotiations with Touroperators, optimizing the profit margin of the entire package.

When all possible flights are identified, the Fleet Utilization Optimizer will pick the best package.

TYPE ALLOCATIONS

This tool also helps determine which flights to operate in which aircraft type.

It can propose compromising the ideal type on certain flights in favor of overall network profits, for instance by operating less capacity than then demand on that route would justify.

ROLE IN PROCESS

Designing a schedule is more than a mathematical process.

However, it helps planners to think out of the box when models like the FUO provide new starting points.

This model looks purely at the economics and often creates rotations that planners did not think of before.

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