Charter Flight Re-Routing for Empty-Leg Seat Utilization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Charter flights face challenges with empty legs leading to seat occupancy issues and environmental emissions, and existing systems lack efficient methods to utilize these empty seats based on user-specific queries.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that analyzes a flight database to identify empty legs and offers re-routing options to accommodate new passengers by changing departure/arrival locations or times, using a processor-based system to generate and provide flight options to users.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If charter flights operate with flexible scheduling to accommodate customer needs, then customer convenience is improved, but seat occupancy deteriorates leading to empty legs
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by analyzing flight databases before charters operate to identify empty legs and potential re-routing opportunities. The system proactively finds alternative flights that can pick up passengers at departure locations before the original charter flight departs, thereby filling seats in advance rather than reacting after empty legs occur.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary mechanism - a centralized processing system that receives user queries, analyzes flight databases, identifies empty legs, and generates re-routing options. This intermediary coordinates between aircraft operators and passengers, matching passengers with appropriate flights without requiring direct negotiation between parties.
2Productivity
If empty leg flights are operated to return aircraft to origin, then aircraft utilization is maintained, but environmental emissions increase due to unoccupied seats
Solution Approach 1:
The system converts the harmful empty leg situation into a beneficial opportunity by identifying these unoccupied flights and actively seeking passengers to fill the seats. The system treats the empty leg not as a loss but as an opportunity to transport passengers who need to reach specific departure locations, thereby converting environmental waste into useful transportation service.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameters of flight operation by analyzing alternative routes, departure locations, and timing options. Instead of operating fixed charter flights, the system dynamically adjusts flight parameters to accommodate passengers with varying needs, thereby optimizing seat occupancy and reducing empty leg emissions.
3Quantity of substance
If the system analyzes flight databases to identify empty legs and generate re-routing options, then seat occupancy improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the complex flight management task into distinct functional modules: receiving user queries, analyzing flight databases, identifying empty legs, generating re-routing options, and providing recommendations. This segmentation allows each module to handle specific aspects of the problem independently, making the overall system more manageable despite the complexity of coordinating multiple flights and passengers.
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a system and device for generating and providing a list of possible options for re-routing or changing the flights based on user-specific query. The system identifies if there are one or more empty legs in one more flight between a departure location and an arrival location provided by a user at the user device. The system also identifies if there are one or more alternative flights available to re-route to reach the departure location and pick passengers. Based on identification, the system accepts or rejects the user query and accordingly generates a list of possible options to which said user may with a selection of a best-suited flight.