Network-wide assessment of 4D trajectory adjustments using an agent-based model

This paper presents results from the SESAR ER3 Domino project. It focuses on an ECAC-wide assessment of two 4D-adjustment mechanisms, implemented separately and conjointly. These reflect flight behaviour en-route and at-gate, optimising given (cost) objective functions. New metrics designed to capture network effects are used to analyse the results of a microscopic, agent based model. The results show that some implementations of the mechanisms allow the protection of the network from ‘domino’ effects. Airlines focusing on costs may trigger additional side-effects on passengers, displaying, in some instances, clear trade-offs between passenger- and flight-centric metrics

The challenge of managing airline delay costs

Estimates of airline delay costs as a function of delay magnitude are combined with fuel and (future) emissions charges to make cost-benefit trade-offs in the pre-departure and airborne phases. Hypothetical scenarios for the distribution of flow management slots are explored in terms of their cost and target-setting implications. The general superiority of passenger-centric metrics is of significance for delay measurement, although flight delays are still the only commonly-reported type of metric in both the US and Europe. There is a particular need for further research into reactionary (network) effects, especially with regard to passenger metrics and flow management delay

European airline delay cost reference values

The objective of this report is to provide users with updated reference values for the cost of delay to European airlines. It updates previous reporting (appended herewith) based on 2010 as the reference year. This new report presents costs for the reference year 2014 and extends the range of aircraft covered from 12 to 15, generated by a fully updated version of the model

The cost of passenger delay to airlines in Europe - consultation document

This document updates estimates, previously adopted by EUROCONTROL, of the cost of passenger delay to European airlines. It draws on various sources of evidence, with a particular focus on the impact of Regulation (EC) No 261/2004, which establishes the rules for compensation and assistance to airline passengers in the event of denied boarding, cancellation or delay. It reviews major legal rulings on the Regulation to assess the broader cost impacts on airlines. It also assesses changes to the Regulation being considered by the European Commission, in order to ensure that the cost framework used for these delay cost calculations is sufficiently adaptable to such changes and to gain an insight into the likely future regulatory emphasis, particularly where this has a financial implication for airlines. The objective is to produce cost reference values for industry use, which accurately reflect airline delay costs. These results will be used to develop European reference values for use by industry and in wider research, updating previously published values adopted by EUROCONTROL. The Performance Review commission of EUROCONTROL has used such findings in the past, and is likely to do so again in the future. Feedback on the delay cost values presented in this document is invited, particularly from airlines. All feedback will be treated in confidence and suggestions for evidence-based adjustments will be taken into account