An approach to airline MRO operators planning and scheduling during aircraft line maintenance checks using discrete event simulation

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dc.contributor.authorAlbakkoush, Salah
dc.contributor.authorPagone, Emanuele
dc.contributor.authorSalonitis, Konstantinos
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-17T10:43:08Z
dc.date.available2021-08-17T10:43:08Z
dc.date.issued2021-07-30
dc.description.abstractThe process of scheduling and planning refers to examining aircraft history based on when and where the aircraft should go for service checks. In this paper, the authors focused on line maintenance activities and examined the impact of unexpected factors (Missing tools and safety requirements) on such activities during the process through a Discrete Event Simulation (DES) model. The DES was used to determine the following: 1. The plan time of each maintenance task according to maintenance scheduling based on the X airline company in Libya; 2. A tasks and productivity evaluation which involved examining the number of tasks required to do per check according to the scheduling plan and planned tasks performed by technicians, and; 3. The total elapsed time involved by analysing the average time for each task according to maintenance schedule planning. The results show that, for all scenarios conducted, the DES model was operating at a high level, and in some scenarios, there was a breakdown in service tasks; a clear indication that the workload factor was high during check periods. However, the main finding in this study highlights how a number of different tasks or the breakdown of maintenance work packages were not being completed before the actual time that had been allocated for the general external condition A-check of the aircraft. This made it necessary to study the work package for each check separately and examine these work packages as they relate to DES which presents a potential solution to a more efficient planning approach. This feature enhances the applicability of the proposed method in real-life, and helps airlines cope with the dynamic environment of airline MRO.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationAlbakkoush S, Pagone E, Salonitis K. (2021) An approach to airline MRO operators planning and scheduling during aircraft line maintenance checks using discrete event simulation. Procedia Manufacturing, Volume 54, 2021, pp. 160-165en_UK
dc.identifier.issn2351-9789
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2021.07.024
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/17001
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectLine maintenanceen_UK
dc.subjectmaintenance schedulingen_UK
dc.subjectmaintenance planningen_UK
dc.subjectmaintenance work packageen_UK
dc.subjectDESen_UK
dc.titleAn approach to airline MRO operators planning and scheduling during aircraft line maintenance checks using discrete event simulationen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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