Martin Lindner

Research Associate

Dr.-Ing. Martin Lindner

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Martin Lindner is a research associate at the Chair of Air Transport Technology and Logistics at Technische Universität Dresden since 2014. He achieved his diploma degree in Transport Engineering at the same academic institution and aspires a Ph.D. thesis dealing with optimum aircraft assignment and scheduling based on individual aircraft performance. In his internships at major German airlines and air traffic control as well as the MEFUL project, he specialized in flight and fuel efficiency, ecological sustainability in aviation, and optimized fleet planning. He currently works in the ProfiFuel project bringing together optimized trajectories and live aircraft performance data into the cockpit.

PhD

TAILSIGN-OPTIMZED FLIGHT SCHEDULING AND ROTATION PLANNING

Fleet planning is one of the most important planning steps for an airline and implies high costs for purchase and maintenance of the aircrafts. Aircrafts are subject to steady deterioration effects in flight operations. This concerns notably engines and airframes efficiency, but also aircrafts operating empty mass increases over time. Consequently, the average fuel consumption is higher for the same performed flight with a deteriorated aircraft.

Picture of flight plan — Flight scheduling and aircraft rotation planning example.

These effects are already taken into account in operational flight planning (e.g. fuel calculations for each individual flight) but long-term efficiency loss is only rarely respected in aircraft rotation planning. In most cases, aircrafts of one fleet series are only treated as identical and are scheduled based on maintenance events and other restrictions. Considering performance degradation and the resulting fuel and operating cost deviations in the tail assignment process, each aircraft will be allocated to flights such that a cost minimum solution is found. The thesis investigates the upcoming fuel and cost saving potential by considering different aircraft performance characteristics and efficiencies in flight planning. For this purpose, additional fuel consumption caused by several deterioration effects is calculated. Consequently, using an integrated long and short term flight scheduling and aircraft assignment model, cost and fuel minimum rotation solutions can be found.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

RescueFLY - Drone-assisted rescue of individuals at risk of drowning in inland waters

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MEFUL - Minimizing flight emissions while sustaining guaranteed operational safety as a contribution to an environmentally friendly air transport system
ProfiFuel - Improved planning and realization of flight profiles with the lowest ecological footprint and minimum fuel consumption
ReMAP - Risk analysis and conflict resolution of multi-criteria-efficient approach and departure procedures

LECTURES

PUBLICATIONS

25 Entries

2024

The Optimal Size of a Heterogeneous Air Taxi Fleet in Advanced Air Mobility: A Traffic Demand and Flight Scheduling ApproachLindner, M., Brühl, R., Berger, M. & Fricke, H., 11 Feb 2024, In: Future Transportation. 4, 1, p. 174-214, 41 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2023

Optimierung des Flugzeugeinsatzes nach BrennstoffeffizienzLindner, M., 1 Aug 2023Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Book/Report/Anthology > Monograph
Multiple Aircraft in a Multi-Criteria Trajectory OptimizationRosenow, J., Zeh, T., Lindner, M., Förster, S., Fricke, H. & Caraud, A., 5 Jun 2023, Fifteenth USA/Europe Air Traffic Management Research and Development Seminar (ATM 2023). Savannah, GAResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution

2022

Locating Air Taxi Infrastructure in regional Areas - The Saxony Use CaseBrühl, R., Lindner, M. & Fricke, H., 1 Sep 2022, Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress (DLRK) 2022. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
Performance Degradation based Aircraft Tail Assignment and Routing in Daily Airline OperationsLindner, M. & Fricke, H., 1 Sep 2022, Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress DLRK 2022. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
Optimization of Departure Routes Beyond Aircraft Noise AbatementZeh, T., Lindner, M., Rosenow, J. & Fricke, H., 1 Jun 2022, International Conference on Research in Air Transportation (ICRAT 2022). 8 p.Research output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
Integration of turnaround and aircraft recovery to mitigate delay propagation in airline networksEvler, J., Lindner, M., Fricke, H. & Schultz, M., Feb 2022, In: Computers & operations research. 138, p. 105602, 1 p., 105602Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Flugverlaufsdaten als Grundlage für FluglärmberechnungenVogel, M., Thiel, C., Fricke, H. & Lindner, M., 2022Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Book/Report/Anthology > Monograph
Traffic Flow Funnels Based on Aircraft Performance for Optimized Departure ProceduresLindner, M., Zeh, T., Braßel, H., Rosenow, J. & Fricke, H., 2022, In: Future Transportation. 2, 3, p. 711-733, 23 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2021

Aircraft Performance-optimized Departure Flights Using Traffic Flow FunnelsLindner, M., Zeh, T., Braßel, H. & Fricke, H., 1 Sep 2021, Fourteenth USA/Europe Air Traffic Management Research and Development Seminar (ATM2021). 10 p.Research output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution