A model and a solution algorithm for airline line maintenance manpower supply planning with multiple aircraft type maintenance certificates

Shangyao Yan, Ta Hui Yang, Yu Ching Chen

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Abstract

Traditionally, aircraft maintenance manpower supply planning in Taiwan is based on staff experience, which is neither efficient nor effective. In this research, we developed a model to help airlines to efficiently and effectively plan their maintenance manpower supplies to deal with multiple aircraft type maintenance certifications. The model is formulated as a mixed integer program which is characterized as NP-hard. Because the problem size of the proposed model was expected to be huge, we developed a heuristic algorithm to solve the problem. To evaluate the model and the solution algorithm, we performed a case study using the operating data from a Taiwan airline. The preliminary results indicate that the proposed model and the solution algorithm are both efficient and effective.

Keywords

  • Algorithm
  • Maintenance certificate
  • Manpower supply
  • Mixed integer program

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