aircraft recovery problem – Optimization Online

A constraint programming model and a hybrid iterated local search algorithm for solving an aircraft recovery problem in the oil and gas industry

Published: 2025/03/22

Applications - OR and Management Sciences, Other Topics aircraft recovery problem, constraint programming, helicopters and flights re-assignments, iterated local search, Short-term flight rescheduling

In this paper, we address a challenging problem faced by a Brazilian oil and gas company regarding the rescheduling of helicopter flights from an onshore airport to maritime units, crucial for transporting company employees. The problem arises due to unforeseen events like bad weather or mechanical failures, leading to delays or postponements in the original … Read more

Exact and heuristic approaches to reschedule helicopter flights for personnel transportation in the oil industry

Published: 2020/06/29, Updated: 2021/05/13

Transportation aircraft recovery problem, constructive and improvement heuristics, flight rescheduling problem, helicopters and flights re-assignments, mixed-integer programming, oil industry

This paper addresses a real-life short-term rescheduling problem of helicopter flights from one onshore airport to several maritime units in the context of the oil industry. This is a complex and challenging problem to solve because of the particular characteristics observed in practice, such as pending flights transferred from previous days with different recovering priorities, … Read more