Developing a Decision Support Tool for Air Route Planning System

Abstract

Following the rapid growth of the aviation industry in the present, air traffic congestion has become a major issue in Asia, especially in the ASEAN region. This issue makes flight delays and cancellations rise rapidly throughout the region. It makes Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) become important and necessary to ensure a smooth flow of flights and a balance between traffic demand and capacity while increasing the safety, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and environmental sustainability of an Air Traffic Management (ATM) System. This project focuses on developing a decision support tool for Air Route Network System at the Strategic ATFM phase. The Flight Route System uses a heuristic algorithm to optimize the domestic flight routes of Vietnam based on the demand of Air Traffic Management Center Vietnam (ATFMC-VN).