Airport Operations
The research area "Airport Operations" deals mainly with challenges situated in the field of Operations Research. Building on process definitions obtained from former projects in ground and terminal operations, the current research focuses on the development of tactical decision support systems. Such systems are supposed to increase the decision robustness of operations controllers by calculating optimal interventions in the case of weather or schedule disruptions. Frequently applied optimization methods comprise vehicle routings as well as resource scheduling and allocation procedures.
Current Research Projects
Completed Research Projects
- OpAL: Analysis of operational impacts on airport ground handling and infrastructure from the integration of hybrid-electric aircraft
- ABM4APOC: Use of agent-based modelling in support to APOC decision-making processes and Total Airport Management, including passenger flow and turnaround
- BPRO: Benefits Propagation from local runway enhancements
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IMHOTEP: Integrated Multimodal Airport Operations for Efficient Passenger Flow Management
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OPs-TIMAL: Development of a Control Method for Turnaround Operations
- Pushback CoPS - Development of a Pushback Collision Prevention System
- BPM: Dynamic Process Optimization via Regulation of Stochastic Parameters in Application to Ground Operations at Airports
- Aircraft De-icing: Demand Analysis and Concept Development for De-icing Pads at Frankfurt/Main Airport
- Optimization of winter services at Leipzig Halle Airport (2006)
- Optimization Winter Services (2021): Development of a Mission Planning Tool for Winter Runway Clearance at Leipzig/Halle Airport
- CAaDC: Analysis of Cabin Architecture for Service Design of Handling Activities
- ATAMAN - System development of an air-to-air process manager
- P2F - Network Analysis for the Profitability of Freighter Conversions
- Terminal Operations: Modelling of Passenger Behaviour inside Airport Terminals considering Individual Decisions - Development of a Virtual Terminal Environment and Investigation into valid Process Parameters