A New Air Traffic Flow Management User-Driven Prioritisation Process for Low Volume Operator in Constraint: Simulations and Results

Table 10

Description of model parameters and variables.

Symbol	Range	Description
d		Delay of a flight (d0 means d=0)
		Max utility of a flight when its d=0
N		Number of flights operated by an AU in the reference period
		Elasticity of the utility function of flight i. Used to model in a simplified way (continuous model) different operational flight margins
		Probability of a flight i for being affected/delayed by a hotspot
		Average delay expected for flight i in the route operated (i.e., typical delay from hotspots on that route)
		Baseline (random) delay for flight i
		Delay shift, to increase or reduce the delay of flight i
		Optimal delay for flight i in the actual hotspot
		Shifted delay, i.e., delay difference between the optimal delay and the baseline delay, for flight i