Efficient assignment of flight levels: a variable neighbourhood search approach

Air traffic management (ATM) is a complex process that includes objectives such as minimising delays, costs, and environmental impacts, with safety being a top priority. Growth in air traffic over the past few decades has increased the complexity of this process. In European airspace, ATM is more cr...

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Autores: Pacheco Bonrostro, Joaquín, Casado Yusta, Silvia, Solana Ezquerra, Mario
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Burgos (UBU)
Repositorio:Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos (RIUBU)
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Palabra clave:Air traffic management
Flight level assignment
Sustainable and economic management
Safe air travel
Variable neighbourhood search
Economía
Economics
Economía ambiental
Environmental economics
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spelling Efficient assignment of flight levels: a variable neighbourhood search approachPacheco Bonrostro, JoaquínCasado Yusta, SilviaSolana Ezquerra, MarioAir traffic managementFlight level assignmentSustainable and economic managementSafe air travelVariable neighbourhood searchEconomíaEconomicsEconomía ambientalEnvironmental economicsAir traffic management (ATM) is a complex process that includes objectives such as minimising delays, costs, and environmental impacts, with safety being a top priority. Growth in air traffic over the past few decades has increased the complexity of this process. In European airspace, ATM is more crucial because of the high traffic density. A key aspect of this management strategy is the allocation of flight levels in the planning phase to avoid conflicts before takeoff. Therefore, a model is required for the allocation of flight levels in the planning phase to eliminate all conflicts and meet objectives such as minimising cost and emissions. In the absence of conflicts, planning delays in takeoff are avoided and in-flight corrective manoeuvres (such as changes in altitude or speed during flights) are reduced, reducing the workload of the controller. This study proposed a method based on a metaheuristic variable neighbourhood search (VNS) strategy on a multistart framework. Various experiments with simulated instances demonstrated that this method improves the results obtained using commercial software. In addition, tests based on real data (both in Europe and Spain) showed satisfactory results in terms of economics and sustainability.The Spanish Research Agency and European Union (Project PID2022-139543OB-C44). Regional Government of Castilla y León and FEDER founds (BU021G24).Taylor and Francisinfo202620262025info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10259/11517reponame:Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos (RIUBU)instname:Universidad de Burgos (UBU)InglésJournal of the Operational Research Societyhttps://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2025.2592760Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccessoai:dnet:riubu_______::de0a7b967201e7269eeccb90199c7b142026-05-28T07:56:11Z
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title Efficient assignment of flight levels: a variable neighbourhood search approach
spellingShingle Efficient assignment of flight levels: a variable neighbourhood search approach
Pacheco Bonrostro, Joaquín
Air traffic management
Flight level assignment
Sustainable and economic management
Safe air travel
Variable neighbourhood search
Economía
Economics
Economía ambiental
Environmental economics
title_short Efficient assignment of flight levels: a variable neighbourhood search approach
title_full Efficient assignment of flight levels: a variable neighbourhood search approach
title_fullStr Efficient assignment of flight levels: a variable neighbourhood search approach
title_full_unstemmed Efficient assignment of flight levels: a variable neighbourhood search approach
title_sort Efficient assignment of flight levels: a variable neighbourhood search approach
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pacheco Bonrostro, Joaquín
Casado Yusta, Silvia
Solana Ezquerra, Mario
author Pacheco Bonrostro, Joaquín
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Casado Yusta, Silvia
Solana Ezquerra, Mario
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Solana Ezquerra, Mario
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Air traffic management
Flight level assignment
Sustainable and economic management
Safe air travel
Variable neighbourhood search
Economía
Economics
Economía ambiental
Environmental economics
topic Air traffic management
Flight level assignment
Sustainable and economic management
Safe air travel
Variable neighbourhood search
Economía
Economics
Economía ambiental
Environmental economics
description Air traffic management (ATM) is a complex process that includes objectives such as minimising delays, costs, and environmental impacts, with safety being a top priority. Growth in air traffic over the past few decades has increased the complexity of this process. In European airspace, ATM is more crucial because of the high traffic density. A key aspect of this management strategy is the allocation of flight levels in the planning phase to avoid conflicts before takeoff. Therefore, a model is required for the allocation of flight levels in the planning phase to eliminate all conflicts and meet objectives such as minimising cost and emissions. In the absence of conflicts, planning delays in takeoff are avoided and in-flight corrective manoeuvres (such as changes in altitude or speed during flights) are reduced, reducing the workload of the controller. This study proposed a method based on a metaheuristic variable neighbourhood search (VNS) strategy on a multistart framework. Various experiments with simulated instances demonstrated that this method improves the results obtained using commercial software. In addition, tests based on real data (both in Europe and Spain) showed satisfactory results in terms of economics and sustainability.
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