Scheduling Baggage-Handling Facilities in Congested Airports

Ahmed F. Abdelghany; Khaled F. Abdelghany; Ram Narasimhan

doi:10.1016/j.jairtraman.2005.10.001

Scheduling Baggage-Handling Facilities in Congested Airports

Ahmed F. Abdelghany, Khaled F. Abdelghany, Ram Narasimhan

Management, Marketing and Operations

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Abstract

A model for scheduling baggage-handling facilities in congested airports is presented. The model assigns the baggage of departing flights to available piers in the baggage-handling facility. It adopts an activity selection algorithm that is generally used to assign limited infrastructure resources to a number of prescheduled competing activities. The model considers various operational requirements associated with the baggage-handling process. The model is applied to a daily schedule of a major US air-carrier at one of its major hubs. The results illustrate the need to consider trade-offs between satisfying the different operation requirements and achieving a near-optimal solution to the problem.

Original language	American English
Journal	Journal of Air Transport Management
Volume	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jairtraman.2005.10.001
State	Published - Mar 2006

Keywords

airport operations
facility management
baggage handling

Disciplines

Tourism and Travel
Management and Operations

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