Scheduling of aircraft crews of a commercial airline

Abstract

This dissertation consists of a theoretical background of scheduling of aircraft crews of a commercial airline. Linear programming technique is applied to complete this dissertation. This dissertation consists of three sections. SECTION I. i) Creating a time matrix (daily and weekly) by the use of an electronic computer considering all possible flight combinations of arrivals and departures of the crews at each slip station. ii) Then all the time matrices are modified in the light of rules and regulations. These rules are framed by the Airline Authority and the crews' association. SECTION II. iii) Solving these matrices by the use of an electronic computer using the Linear Programming techniques, to minimize the layover time of the crews at a place other than the home base. SECTION III. In this Section various related topics are discussed such as iv) Monthly assignment of the crew by a mathematical technique and number of crews required for a given schedule. v) OR time table and its schedule.vi) Estimation of reserve utilization of the crews. The Appendix is devoted to the programmes which were used in completing this dissertation and which are written in I.C.L. 1900 Algol, and Fortran.