Conceptualising a discrete-event simulation model of turnaround operations to evaluate airline schedule robustness
Conceptualising a discrete-event simulation model of turnaround operations to evaluate airline schedule robustness
Turnaround operations at an airport are important factors affecting airline schedule reliability. This paper introduces a discrete-event simulation (DES) model that simulates daily turnaround operations at an airport terminal to evaluate the reliability of the schedules of a dominant airline i.e. the owner of the majority of turnarounds in the terminal. The simulation model is designed to provide a high-fidelity representation of the turnaround operations that captures the interactions between the schedule (including aircraft and crew assignments) and turnaround resources and activities. The model is designed to be used to more accurately estimate the schedule punctuality performance in the airport terminal and identify resource assignments prone to delays, which may be used to guide retiming. Additionally, search experiments may produce insight to support collaboration and negotiation between the airline and ground handling service providers (GHSP).
DES, airline scheduling, operational resilience, turnaround operations
The Operational Research Society
Guardo-Martinez, Elisa
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Onggo, Stephan
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Padron, Silvia
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2 April 2025
Guardo-Martinez, Elisa
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Onggo, Stephan
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Kunc, Martin
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Tomasella, Maurizio
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Padron, Silvia
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Guardo-Martinez, Elisa, Onggo, Stephan, Kunc, Martin, Tomasella, Maurizio and Padron, Silvia
(2025)
Conceptualising a discrete-event simulation model of turnaround operations to evaluate airline schedule robustness.
Harper, Alison, Luis, Martino, Monks, Thomas and Mustafee, Navonil
(eds.)
In 12th Simulation Workshop (SW25) Proceedings.
The Operational Research Society.
9 pp
.
(doi:10.36819/sw25.017).
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Abstract
Turnaround operations at an airport are important factors affecting airline schedule reliability. This paper introduces a discrete-event simulation (DES) model that simulates daily turnaround operations at an airport terminal to evaluate the reliability of the schedules of a dominant airline i.e. the owner of the majority of turnarounds in the terminal. The simulation model is designed to provide a high-fidelity representation of the turnaround operations that captures the interactions between the schedule (including aircraft and crew assignments) and turnaround resources and activities. The model is designed to be used to more accurately estimate the schedule punctuality performance in the airport terminal and identify resource assignments prone to delays, which may be used to guide retiming. Additionally, search experiments may produce insight to support collaboration and negotiation between the airline and ground handling service providers (GHSP).
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Accepted/In Press date: 13 January 2025
Published date: 2 April 2025
Keywords:
DES, airline scheduling, operational resilience, turnaround operations
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/501890
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Date deposited: 11 Jun 2025 18:19
Last modified: 03 Jul 2025 02:33
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Author:
Elisa Guardo-Martinez
Author:
Maurizio Tomasella
Author:
Silvia Padron
Editor:
Alison Harper
Editor:
Martino Luis
Editor:
Thomas Monks
Editor:
Navonil Mustafee
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