An Analytical Optimisation Framework for Airport Terminal Capacity Expansion

Table 1

Summary of the input data.

Domain of the airport	Values
Check-in
(i) Cost for opening new check-in counter	20$
(ii) The acceptable average waiting time for economy passengers	12 minutes
(iii) Cost for inconvenience at check-in for economy	15$
(iv) The acceptable average waiting time for business passengers	3 minutes
(v) Cost for inconvenience at check-in for business	25$
Security screening
(i) Cost for opening new security screening desk	15$
(ii) The acceptable average time that normal passengers should wait	5 minutes
(iii) Cost for inconvenience at security screening for normal passengers	15$
(iv) The acceptable average time that diplomatic passengers should wait	2 minutes
(v) Cost for inconvenience at security screening for diplomatic passengers	20$
Immigration
(i) Cost for opening new immigration desk	15$
(ii) Cost for opening new SmartGate	10$
(iii) The acceptable average waiting time at common counter	7 minutes
(iv) Cost for inconvenience at common counters	20 $
(v) The acceptable average waiting time at SmartGate	0.5 minute
(vi) Cost for inconvenience at SmartGate	10$