Optimal aircraft arrival scheduling with continuous descent operations in busy terminal maneuvering areas

D Gui, M Le, Z Huang, J Zhang, A D'Ariano - Journal of Air Transport …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Continuous Descent Operation (CDO), an aircraft arrival procedure in which an
aircraft descends from an optimal position with minimum engine thrust, can significantly …

Traffic synchronization in terminal airspace to enable continuous descent operations in trombone sequencing and merging procedures: An implementation study for …

R Sáez, X Prats, T Polishchuk, V Polishchuk - Transportation Research Part …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper proposes to enhance the current tromboning paradigm with a four dimensional
trajectory negotiation and synchronization process with the aim to maximise the number of …

Identification of significant impact factors on Arrival Flight Efficiency within TMA

A Lemetti, T Polishchuk, V Polishchuk… - … 2020: papers & …, 2020 - upcommons.upc.edu
An important step towards improving the flight performance within Terminal Maneuvering
Area (TMA) is the identification of the factors causing inefficiencies. Without knowing which …

Automation for separation with continuous descent operations: Dynamic aircraft arrival routes

R Sáez, X Prats, T Polishchuk, V Polishchuk… - Journal of Air …, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
This paper presents a mixed-integer programming approach to compute aircraft arrival
routes in a terminal maneuvering area (TMA) with guaranteed temporal separation of all …

Evaluation of flight efficiency for Stockholm Arlanda airport arrivals

A Lemetti, T Polishchuk, R Sáez… - 2019 IEEE/AIAA 38th …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Analysis of punctuality of airport arrivals, as well as identification of causes of the delays
within transition airspace, is an important step in evaluating performance of the Terminal …

Comparison of fuel consumption of continuous descent operations with required times of arrival

R Sáez García… - ICRAT 2020: papers & …, 2020 - upcommons.upc.edu
Continuous descent operations (CDOs) with required times of arrival (RTAs) have proven to
deliver major environmental benefits in terminal maneuvering areas (TMAs) without …

Exploration of optimal control based surrogate modeling as a basis for fuel efficient 4D aircraft routing on graphs

F Schweighofer, B Grüter, F Holzapfel - CEAS Aeronautical Journal, 2024 - Springer
Fuel efficient coordination of aircraft operations in the Terminal Maneuvering Area of large
airports can contribute to the reduction of the environmental impact of air traffic. To exploit …

[PDF][PDF] Automation for separation with CDOs: dynamic aircraft arrival routes

R Sáez, X Prats, T Polishchuk… - ATM …, 2019 - innaxis-comm.s3.eu-central-1 …
We present a mixed-integer programming (MIP) approach to compute aircraft arrival routes
in a terminal maneuvering area (TMA) that guarantee temporal separation of all aircraft …

How to achieve CDOs for all aircraft: Automated separation in TMAs-enabling flexible entry times and accounting for wake turbulence categories

T Polishchuk, V Polishchuk, C Schmidt… - Proceeding of 10th …, 2020 - upcommons.upc.edu
This work presents an enhanced optimization framework for fully automated scheduling of
energy-efficient descent arrivals with guaranteed separation in the Terminal Maneuvering …

Evaluation of flight efficiency for stockholm arlanda airport using opensky network data

T Polishchuk, A Lemetti… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - upcommons.upc.edu
Identification of causes of the delays within transition airspace is an important step in
evaluating performance of the Terminal Maneuvering Area (TMA) Air Navigation Services …