Airline Schedule Perturbation Problem: Ground Delay Program with Splitable Resources

Abstract

The ground delay program is one of several programs that the Federal Aviation Administration is currently administering for efficient and equitable use of scarce airspace and airport capacity. In [11], we studied the airline schedule perturbation problem under the ground delay program in limited scope and with restriction on the flow of resources in the network. The objective of this paper is to tackle the general case of the ground delay program in which both landing and takeoff are considered and resources are allowed to split after their arrivals.