Automated Airline Slot Allocation using Rationalized Block Time

Authors

  • Dr. Sujaritha M, Arun J, Ezhil K, Gowtham U, Dhanush Karthi

Abstract

Presently, the slot allocation process allocates departure slots at an airport. The airlines then request an arrival slot after the due consideration of flying time, at the destination airport. If the arrival slot is not available, the next available arrival slot is allotted, thereby adding an artificial “balloon” to the total flight time. The Slot allocation is done with respect to Gate out Time and Gate in Time for the respective City pair. The varying factors are adjusted accordingly to meet the requirements of Gate out and Gate in Times ie.,Total Block Time. However, based on historic data the extra padding or buffer time are added for airlines, is and are not realistic. This results in uneven distribution of air traffic between congested airports. We have built an innovative solution to carry out the data analytics and to arrive at an innovative solution in the development of an algorithm for slot allocation between two/multiple congested city airports with rationalized block timings.

Keywords: Slot. Time, Airport, Algorithm

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Published

2020-05-18

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