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Airline Schedule Buffers and Flight Delays: A Discrete Model

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  • Jan K. Brueckner
  • Achim I. Czerny
  • Alberto A. Gaggero

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This paper revisits the airline schedule-buffer choice problem analyzed by Brueckner, Czerny and Gaggero (2020) using a simpler model where the random shocks influencing flight times are discrete rather than continuous. The analysis yields closed-form solutions for the flight and ground buffers as well as full comparative-static results, neither of which were available in the earlier paper. The paper also explores several extensions to the model that were not present in the previous paper

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  • Jan K. Brueckner & Achim I. Czerny & Alberto A. Gaggero, 2020. "Airline Schedule Buffers and Flight Delays: A Discrete Model," CESifo Working Paper Series 8545, CESifo.
    • Handle: RePEc:ces:ceswps:_8545
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    1. Yang, Huijuan & Buire, Clara & Delahaye, Daniel & Le, Meilong, 2024. "A heuristic-based multi-objective flight schedule generation framework for airline connectivity optimisation in bank structure: An empirical study on Air China in Chengdu," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 116(C).
    2. Brueckner, Jan K. & Czerny, Achim I. & Gaggero, Alberto A., 2021. "Airline mitigation of propagated delays via schedule buffers: Theory and empirics," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 150(C).
    3. Brueckner, Jan K. & Czerny, Achim I. & Gaggero, Alberto A., 2022. "Airline delay propagation: A simple method for measuring its extent and determinants," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 162(C), pages 55-71.
    4. Yang, Huijuan & Delahaye, Daniel & O’Connell, John Frankie & Le, Meilong, 2024. "Enhancing airline connectivity: An optimisation approach for flight scheduling in multi-hub networks with bank structures," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 191(C).
    5. Brueckner, Jan K. & Czerny, Achim I. & Gaggero, Alberto A., 2025. "Gauging the effectiveness of airline schedule buffers in reducing arrival delays," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 125(C).
    6. Abdelghany, Ahmed & Guzhva, Vitaly S. & Abdelghany, Khaled, 2023. "The limitation of machine-learning based models in predicting airline flight block time," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 107(C).
    7. Yimga, Jules, 2025. "Flight schedules under partnership: The effects of capacity purchase agreements on airline schedule buffers," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 129(C).
    8. Calzada, Joan & Fageda, Xavier, 2023. "Airport dominance, route network design and flight delays," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 170(C).
    9. Victor Ushahemba Ijirshar, 2022. "Trade Facilitation and Economic Growth Among Middle-Income Countries," Papers 2204.11088, arXiv.org.

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    • L90 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - General

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