Optimization of transit flight service process based on AOE network

Abstract

Flight ground service is an important part of airport operation. In order to improve the efficiency of flight ground service,an AOE (activity on edge) network was constructed according to the flight ground service process of an airport,and the "critical path" of flight ground service operation of the airport was calculated through the flight node data recorded by the A-CDM system of the airport. By analyzing the compressible process on the critical path,the ground service operation flow of the airport is optimized. Based on the actual data of flight ground service at an airport in southwest China,the abnormal data caused by force majeure were eliminated,and the flight transit time before and after the optimization of the service process were calculated. The comparative analysis found that in 33 flight data sets,the optimized support operation process using AOE network reduced the ground service operation time by 6.1 min/flight on average. It shows that the operation efficiency of the airport can be effectively improved by optimizing the flight ground service process reasonably.

Keywords

• flight service
• aoe network
• critical path
• process optimization