Abstract
Loading efficiency of freighters plays an indispensable role for the service performance of international air express companies. This study examined the priorities of factors to affect freighter loading efficiency at Taoyuan International airport (TPE) with an analytic hierarchy process (AHP). Unit load device (ULD) inventory control, load factor and load plan were ranked top 3 from 15 factors by practical experts. This study used the technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) to evaluate 26 flights of MD11 freighters operated by an international air express company at TPE. The results revealed that the performance ranges between the best and worst flights were obvious.
Highlights
International air express provides door-to-door services over the world
Its concept is to find an alternative that is closest to the defined positive ideal solution (PIS) and furthest with the defined negative ideal solution (NIS)
The five criteria consist of Unit load device (ULD) uses, cargo load planning, aircraft weight and balance, resources utilisation, and operation performance
Summary
International air express provides door-to-door services over the world. Every sector of operation chains is running against time from the beginning of the pickup to the end of final delivery. There might be many factors to affect the loading efficiency of freighters at airports for international air express. This problem is referred to the aircraft weight and balance (W&B) These conditions are all set as loading constraints [9,10,11] based on a decision objective function, such as maximization of cargo transport profits [12], or maximization of shipment loads [13]. This ultimate goal can be evaluated with different dimensions of operation processes. The results of evaluated weights for factors framework were applied to compare the loading efficiency of selected MD11F flights using the technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS)
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