Abstract
Passenger walking distance is an important index of the airport service quality. How to shorten the walking distance and balance the airlines' service quality is the focus of much research on airport gate assignment problems. According to the problems of airport passenger service quality, an optimization gate assignment model is established. The gate assignment model is based on minimizing the total walking distance of all passengers and balancing the average walking distance of passengers among different airlines. Lingo is used in the simulation of a large airport gate assignment. Test results show that the optimization model can reduce the average walking distance of passenger effectively, improve the number of flights assigned to gate, balance airline service quality, and enhance the overall service level of airports and airlines. The model provides reference for the airport gate preassignment.
Highlights
Airport gate is a main component of airport resource
We propose a new model which is different from previous researches; the gates are categorized into contact gate and remote stand in the mode, the proportion of passenger embarking/disembarking through aerobridges is taken into account, and the model considers the fairness between airlines besides reducing the overall passengers’ walking distance
Smax 156.5 110.4 2.3 comparatively large and the value of Z2 (0.299) is the largest; it means that the ration between the average and total passenger walking distance of airlines is large; the largest ration is approaching 30%
Summary
Airport gate is a main component of airport resource. Rational and efficient gate assignment is an important way to improve airport operation efficiency and passenger service level. Optimization gate assignment from the perspective of passengers can reduce passenger walking distance and improve passenger service levels to a certain extent. Most current researches do not consider the balance of passenger walking distance between different airlines, which can lead to reducing the passenger service level and can be unfair for some airlines, especially for small airlines. We propose a new model which is different from previous researches; the gates are categorized into contact gate and remote stand in the mode, the proportion of passenger embarking/disembarking through aerobridges is taken into account, and the model considers the fairness between airlines besides reducing the overall passengers’ walking distance.
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